personal (employee); employed; retained
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to unfold; to unroll; to open
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
individualism; egoism; selfishness
in accordance with plans; just as planned
first meeting; first interview with
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
discriminatory; discriminative
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
literally; to the letter; literal
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indescribable; having no way to express
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
short blade; small weapon; epigram; pithy saying
to be left in the dust (of); to be outdone (by); to be subordinate (to); to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
piece; fragment; one (object)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
counter for wheels and flowers
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name