seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
inheritance; something given or received
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
comments section (on a blog, website, application, etc.); comment field
capacity; volume; capacitance
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
coexistence; living together
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
to win after tough bidding
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
bunch of flowers; bouquet
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of