to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
honorific/polite/humble prefix
study; diligence; discount; reduction
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to become inverted; to become reversed
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
failure; mistake; blunder
quarrel; dispute; argument
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to be ruined; to fail; to undergo a break-up; to go bankrupt
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to take off one's glasses