reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
no!; no no!; no, not at all
(something) so small; so little; trifling
one by one; in detail; minutely
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
acceleration; speeding up
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
operation plan; scheme of operations; plan of campaign
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
matter of concern; matter of interest
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
party; set; gang; company; person
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
information; news; report; reward; retribution
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
to have one's name entered (in a list)
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
equally (well); as ... as; no less ... than ...; evenly matched; well-matched
on the street; around town; the world; the public
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
accession to the throne; enthronement
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher