mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
at least; at most; (even) just
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
covered with; stained; smeared
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
power; might; authority; influence
way; method; means; (technical) specification
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
interior; inside; internal
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
small; fine; detailed; stingy
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to pile up; to accumulate
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
final; eventual; ultimate
to fill (a glass) with water
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
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