close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
failing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election; not being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); rejection; failing to win a prize
being elected; winning a prize (in a lottery, raffle, etc.); being selected (for a prize, etc.)
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
supply; supplying; replenishment
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri
historical; traditional; historic
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
a set of three bouts; three-game match; three-bout contest
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
let's not say (such things) to each other