know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
novel; original; new; innovative
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
to compete with; to vie for
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
just because; even if; even though
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
by myself; in person; by oneself
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
even though; despite; when