to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
very interesting; of great interest
to have meaning; to be meaningful
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
rising; ascending; climbing
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
piece of meat; cut of meat
one-by-one; separately; in detail
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
release; emission; ejection
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
difference; disparity; gap
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
still; even now; to this day
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to need; to demand; to take; to require
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
to say; to be pleased to say
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously