objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to hide; to keep to oneself
way (of doing); manner; method
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
way (of doing); manner; method; means
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to applaud; to cheer (for)
behavior; behaviour; conduct
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to not believe one's ears
confidence; trust; faith; credit