east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs
throughput; processing power
yearned for; longed for; missed
the lower classes; the common people
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
largest ever; biggest; record
scale; scope; plan; structure
unprecedented; never seen before
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
spot; point; place; position
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)