to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
main force; brute force; strong-arm
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred; women's college
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
opposite side; opposition
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
punishment; judgement; judgment; decapitation
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
to expel (from the body); to let off (a fart); to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.); to say; to do
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to knock down; to knock off
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
Everyone is safe (all right)
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident