spy; secret agent; spying
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
to count on one's fingers
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
support; backing; aid; assistance
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
student body; student council
power; authority; jurisdiction
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
loved one; lover; sweetheart
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
message; informative matter
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
white clothing; white robes (worn for Shinto rituals, funerals, etc.)
unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up
association; union; guild; labor union; labour union; trade union
the reason is ...; it is because ...
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
hostile relations; hostile relationship
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic