courtesy call; courtesy visit
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
good young man; agreeable youth
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
impossible to do (although wants to)
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
close; intimate; on good terms
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to pelt down (of rain); to pour
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
100,000; hundred thousand
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
calm; composed; cool; quiet
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
living thing; living creature; animal; life
calamity; disaster; accident
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for