persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
conscious neglect; willful negligence; wilful negligence
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
contact network; phone tree; contact information for relevant people (in a given organization)
nearby (one's seat); (by) one's side; Dear (Mr./Mrs.)
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure
close; intimate; on good terms
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
key person; important person
entrance; admission; entering
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
addition; increase; Canada
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
fair and square; open and aboveboard
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback; going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
a rival horse or candidate
process; course; mechanism
to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
cylindrical container (pot, vase, etc.); having no waist (straight body figure, not curvy); being stumpy; sleeveless (coat etc.)
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
copier; copy machine; photocopier
to smear with blood; to kill
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to kick into (e.g. a ball into the goal)
feigned; pretending (not to know)
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate