occupation; calling; livelihood
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
discovery; detection; finding
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
this occasion; at this time; now
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
deep emotion; being filled with emotion
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
leader (of an alliance); leading power
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
river; stream; River; the ... river
other side; opposite side; other party
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
influenced (by); under an influence
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
headache inducing; vexing
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis