preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
self-interest; selfish desire; greed
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
celebration; congratulations
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
5th day of the month; five days
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
to crouch; to squat; to cower
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
on the least pretext; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance; at the drop of a hat