group; party; team; squad; section
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock
to be able to manage somehow or other
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
gesture; gesticulation; motion
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
defense; defence; protection
regarding highly; attaching importance to
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
number of persons; personnel
to have a trade; to have a vocation
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to count on one's fingers
military service; conscription
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
interruption; suspension; break
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently