to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
common front; united front
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
(some) more; even more; longer; further
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
choice; selection; option
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
two times; twice; two degrees
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
confidence; trust; faith; credit
of course; certainly; naturally
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
most difficult; next to impossible
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
how; in what way; how about
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test