face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
baseless; groundless; unfounded; without evidence
to follow; to conform; to apply to
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
preference; priority; precedence
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
this for sure; certainly is
way of solving (a problem); solution
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
preliminary arrangements; spade work
reconciliation; make peace with
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to find out; to discover; to locate
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to be helpful; to be useful
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to pile up; to accumulate
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
unproductive; counterproductive