chance (of success); odds
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
how long; how much; to what extent
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
technical advisor; expert advisor
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to attempt; to test; to try out
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
nice; likeable; desirable
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to have an idea; to have a clue
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
junior high school student; middle school pupil
self-defense; self-defence
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up