idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
overheating; excessive heating; superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil); going to excess; running too hot
rival; competitor; competition
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
100,000; hundred thousand
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
fee; charge; rate; material
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools
stage mother (mother of a child actor)
true state; actual condition; reality
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
human relations; personal relationships
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least