permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
good bye; I'm off; see you later
sincere; honest; faithful
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
to fight against; to oppose; to face
Filipino (standardized Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
low (level, value, price, etc.)
puffing (e.g. steam train); chugging; steaming; feeling hot
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth); to clean out (ears)
take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
mask; disguise; guise; mask
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
program (e.g. TV); programme
book; volume; this; present; main; head
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
average; mean; balance; equilibrium