to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
plan; scheme; stratagem; plot; trick
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to make sense; to be meaningful
see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)?
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
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
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
coupon tickets; discount tickets; book of tickets
free (of charge); gratuitous
expenses; costly; expensive
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on; (focus of) public attention
wish; desire; ambition; choice
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant; to live in luxury
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
person in charge; official; attendant
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
two times; twice; two degrees
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land