hard to get; hard to come by
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
order; sequence; procedure
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
someone; a certain person
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
old friend; familiar face
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
course; route; path; process; stages
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
principal occupation; core business
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
job-related; operational; business; in the course of one's work
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
dispute; argument; contention
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
infant; baby; little child
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
Italian; Italian food; Italian cuisine
pie; tart; palmier (pastry)
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
chance (of success); odds
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry