to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to satisfy the requirements
to have a short turning radius (e.g. car); to be adaptable; to be quick to respond to shifting circumstances
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
mostly involve; principally involve
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
addition; adding; supplement
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
action committee; executive committee
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
results; record; grades; marks
stealthily; secretly; in secret
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
sphere; counter for balls
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
interior; inside; internal
paints; painting material
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
colored ball; anti-thief colored ball (filled with a colored dye); paintball
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff