to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
direct control; direct supervision
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
senior executive staff; upper management
personal feelings; self-interest
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
specialization; specialisation
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
at least; at most; (even) just
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
source of information; intelligence source; message source
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...