to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
climax; peak; zenith; apex
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
if it is (the case that ...)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
killing two birds with one stone
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to overdo; to do too much
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to launch a surprise attack
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
one has no other choice but to do what one has to do
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
different opinion; objection
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
silence (not speaking); muteness
fort; stronghold; fortification
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out