obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
lack of finishing power (e.g. in sports); being unable to score
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
full length; total length; overall length
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
prayer (for something); supplication
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live in luxury; to be proud; to be haughty
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
spot check; snap inspection; surprise test
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
something something; something or other
flying column; detached force
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
running the whole distance
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
programme; program; plans; arrangements
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
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.)
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)