judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
instant; moment; for an instant
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
leaving a restaurant without paying; dine and dash; bilking
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
long ago; already; a long time ago
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar; unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
to glare at each other; to confront each other
the other day; a few days ago