formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
considerably; greatly; a lot
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
question; inquiry; enquiry
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
distrust; unjust suspicion
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
for today; for the time being
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)