direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
interception (email); wiretap; bug
danger; peril; hazard; risk
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
accomplishment; execution
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
diversion; putting something to another use
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
puppet; marionette; dummy
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
Diet members' caucus; caucus of the Diet
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
for example; for instance; e.g.
peace talks; peace negotiations
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
time; hour; period; class
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to be perturbed; to be agitated
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
in good health; alive and well; going strong
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding