chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
all right (e.g. when guiding a driver); keep coming; OK
old man; venerable gentleman
Virgin Mary; Jesus' mother; Santa Maria (Columbus' ship)
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
and then; and so; and; so then
on one hand; on the other hand
to increase; to add to; to augment
comparatively; quite; rather
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
for example; for instance; e.g.
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
be on your guard!; take care!
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally