top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
tenacity of weeds; stubbornness of weeds; die hard spirit
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
platoon commander; section commander
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
karoshi; death from overwork
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)