first meeting; first interview with
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
place; situation; position; location
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
speech; expression; wording; language
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
individual match; single game
fair and square; open and aboveboard
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
regarding highly; attaching importance to
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
when; at what moment; what time
particularly; only; in the case of
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
gambler; yakuza; person without a legitimate job
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to be helpful; to be useful
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track
to knock out (e.g. homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)