leader; authority; mainstay
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
separate case; another matter
village headman; village mayor
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
(good or bad) feel when wearing something
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
while; during (the time when)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
battlefield; battleground
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
account book; register; ledger
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
production output; number of goods manufactured
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
extermination; annihilation
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher