whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
two times; twice; two degrees
to challenge (a person) to a fight
safe; vault; storage cabinet
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
guess; conjecture; surmise
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
massing (of troops); gathering
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
meaning; significance; sense
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
naturally; of course; understandably
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
now that you say that; now that you mention it
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
infuriating; extremely irritating; galling; vexing
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly