tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
surely; certainly; without doubt
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
main force; chief object; mainline
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
euphoric mood; exuberant mood
goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
freely; frankly; without reserve
in the meanwhile; during the time
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
someone who withdraws from society (e.g. hides in their room); hikikomori
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to take; to catch; to capture
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
not necessarily so; is not always true
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
with a snap; with a click (beep); shortly; briefly; small
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
to happen to meet; to come across
chance (of success); odds