cut; reduction; curtailment
outside order; outsourcing; custom (manufacture)
playtest (of a game before release); playtesting
election; selection; choice
article; news story; report; account
strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
creator; inventor; developer
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
(event) planner; (event, meeting) organizer; producer
difficult to ...; hard to ...
price; cost; value; worth; value
script; screenplay; scenario
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
work experience; work history
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
new graduate; recent graduate
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
ability to make plans; planning ability
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
code name (of a product under development)
mho (unit of conductance)
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
such; this sort of; like this
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind