to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
visit to a hospital, temple, school, etc.
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
powerful person; influential person
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to move (house); to change residence
just above; right overhead
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
very important person; VIP
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in