reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
going upstream; sailing against the current
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
(only) one option; one possible choice
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
literal translation; direct translation
rather; sooner; preferably
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
to brave a danger; to take a risk
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
witnessing; observing; sighting
period of time; time slot; time zone
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
decrease; reduction; decline
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
security; stability; safety; peace