advantage; benefit; profit; interest
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
all (there is); as long as there is
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
and (also); both ... and; as well as
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
looking on; remaining a spectator
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
that's a different matter; that's a different story
keeping house; being confined to one's house
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
together; at the same time; same; identical
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
fame; popularity; reputation
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
failure; mistake; blunder
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
demotion; relegation; downgrading