group; party; team; squad; section
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
newspaper; paper; counter for newspapers
slip (of paper); tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
separate case; another matter; different matter; another project
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to lose one's senses (over); to be out of one's mind (over); to be completely captivated (by); to be smitten; to be engrossed (in)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
everybody; every last one of them; all
power; authority; jurisdiction
handing over (of a right, property, etc.); transfer; assignment
to repeat; to do over again
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
mountain stream; mountain torrent
hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
corridor; hallway; passageway
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life