control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
former (incumbent); predecessor
to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
one's first campaign; one's first battle
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
observation; survey; watching
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
(work) shirker; goldbricker; good-for-nothing employee; (lit.) salary thief
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
the clouds look menacing; things don't look good
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
nice; good; well-executed
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market