to give directions; to issue instructions
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
genuine article; real thing; real deal
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
even so; anyhow; at any rate
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
a cappella; unaccompanied choir or choral work
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
in itself; as it is; in its own way; within its capacity; within limitations
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
proposal; offer; request; application
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
all around; as far as the eye can see
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to listen to in an ecstasy
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
you (plural); all of you; you all
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
(death from) starvation; starving to death
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
site; point on a map; spot
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
distance in a straight line
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that