ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
blank ammunition; blank cartridge
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
student (esp. a university student)
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
systematic; organized; organizational
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
minority group (party); minority
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
wherein; therein; thereinto
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to be reminded of; to call to mind
tricolour flag; tricolor flag