equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
every month; each month; monthly
progress; advance; making (good) progress
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
maximum temperature; highest temperature; (today's) high
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
(a feeling of) identification (with); sense of belonging
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
(a person's) appearance; looks
correlation diagram; correlation chart; relationship chart (of characters in a televised drama, etc.)
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
ability to get things done
physical strength; muscle strength
special selection; finest pick; top pick
match (contest); matching (with); going well (with)
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
looks; features; (personal) appearance
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
considerably; greatly; a lot