patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
interference; intervention; meddling
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
variation in color (colour); having a different color
unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
performing without rehearsal
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
situation report; status report; progress report
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
nature; property; disposition
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy