preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
combat power; fighting strength
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
person with an unhealthy romantic obsession
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
with a crack; with a crash; with a shattering sound
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...