to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
point; essentials; gist; summary; fundamentals
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
naturally; of course; understandably
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
feebleness; weakness; weak
questions and answers; dialogue
cautious theory; conservative theory
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
negative statute; law against something
revision; amendment; alteration
on the occasion of; at the time of
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
treatment; service; handling; management
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
discussion; argument; debate
not necessarily so; is not always true
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use