candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
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.)
to be found; to be discovered
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
to have an idea; to have a clue
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
while; on the same occasion; at the same time; along with
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to push aside; to brush aside
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to concern; to be related
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
aptitude; aptness; suitability
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
class; heading; group; category
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
corridor; hallway; passageway
just right (time, size, length, etc.)