almost every day; almost daily
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to play a central role; to take a leading part
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
sales; selling; marketing
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to shade an account; to add something extra
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at