beginning; outset; first; onset
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
candidate (for an election)
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
competent; suitable; qualified
although I say; although one might say; although called
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
difference; variation; difference
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
now; the present time; just now; another; more
else; in addition; besides
different opinion; objection
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to face; to go towards; to head towards
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
right to choose; a say; option
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; (lit.) there is fortune in leftovers
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker