I appreciate your efforts
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
process; course; mechanism
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
hypothetical or imaginary enemy
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
one after another; in succession
to let an opportunity slip
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
first meeting; first interview with
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something