top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
results; record; grades; marks
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
in name only; titular; nominal
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
publicity (information) activities; public relations
inside and outside the country; domestic and foreign
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
irritation; annoyance; frustration
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
both hands; both arms; ten
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge