above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
figure; form; figurine; model figure; figure skating
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
reason; cause; circumstances
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
this is why; this means; it is the case that
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
how; in what way; how about
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
while; during; while; although; all; both
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to put one's hand on; to touch
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound