at any cost; at any price; at any expense
superb view; picturesque scenery
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
good prospects; full of hope; promising
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
heading; headline; index; headword
unkindness; unfriendliness
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
aptitude; aptness; suitability
unconditionally; as a rule
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
number of times; frequency; count
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
even if not; even without
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
throwaway; disposable; single-use
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing