top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
attendee; participant; person present
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
after that; afterwards; thereafter
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
to do someone in; to bump someone off
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)