to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
beforehand; in advance; previously
locational advantage; advantageous position
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
do not enter; no entry; wrong way
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
(degree of) public interest in forthcoming event or performance; advance reviews
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
overall victory; championship
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
results; record; grades; marks
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
degree of attention; profile
governor-general; governor; viceroy
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
expression; look; countenance; face
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
minimum; at the very least
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed