to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
only the results matter; it's all about the results
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
than; from; out of; except; but; more
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
one's own expense; out-of-pocket expense
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
difficult to ...; hard to ...
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
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
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
relation; connection; relevance
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
sudden price jump; steep price rise
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
successive generations; successive emperors
largest amount of money; maximum amount of money