top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
section manager; section chief
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
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
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
ready-made; common-law (wife)
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
it is I who should say so
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
unkindness; unfriendliness
though; notwithstanding; although
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
adds force or indicates command
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
close; intimate; on good terms
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture