(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
of tender years; very young
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to cause a person trouble
piling shame on top of shame
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to laugh away; to laugh off
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
group; party; team; squad; section
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
(present) head of a family
to have a meal; to take a meal
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
blow; shock; strike; batting