valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
how many people; a number of people
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
doing whatever one pleases
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to forget to say; to forget to mention
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
one's best interests; one's own good
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
and yet; though; when; in spite of
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
opposite side; opposition
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle