renewal; update; innovation; improvement
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
patterns of thinking; train of thought
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to accomplish something; to leave a mark; to make an impression; to build a track record
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to cut down; to chop down; to fell