convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
negotiations; discussions; connection
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
partly open; in half bloom
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
calamity; misfortune; disaster
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
dominion; territory; possession
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)