gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
uphill road; ascending road
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
had better ...; had better not ...
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
to be left in the dust (of); to be outdone (by); to be subordinate (to); to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)
to triumph; to be elated with success
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
transfer of a budget appropriation from one (government) section to another
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to happen to hear; to overhear
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)