to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
casual speech; peer language; informal language
sorry; excuse me; thank you
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
government; administration
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie
(not) even once; (not) ever
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)