hit-and-run play; end run (American football)
unexpected result; upset; surprise
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
number on back of player's shirt; uniform number; shirt number
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
being too late; losing one's final chance
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
(company's) main financing bank; principal bank
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
exemption; exoneration; discharge
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
immediately; at once; instantly
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
at the last moment; this late in the game
company management; managing a company
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
one's possessions; ownership
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
major stockholder; large shareholder
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
Izanagi economic boom (1965-70) of Japan
to go with the flow; to go with the times
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
oil crisis (esp. 1973 OPEC oil crisis); oil shock
collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
this world; this life; world of the living