to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
concession; conciliation; compromise
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
assertion; declaration; affirmation
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
interference; intervention; meddling
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
index; indices; indicator
beforehand; in advance; previously
hair on the back of one's head
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
several minutes; a few minutes
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
after that; afterwards; thereafter
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)