even though; despite; when
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to manage something successfully; to be successful
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
regret; repentance; remorse
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video); mental dry run
older brother; elder brother
again; once more; a second time
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
putting into operation; invocation
to shut in; to confine; to contain
adjustment; coordination; regulation
exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine); expulsion (of air); ventilation
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
almost; roughly; approximately
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
another point; another goal; another run
simultaneous; all at once