competent; suitable; qualified
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
too (much); overly; excessively
wish; desire; request; prayer
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
absolutely; positively; decidedly
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
hierarchical relationship; superior-subordinate relationship; senior-junior relationship
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
foreign matter; impurities
to grant someone's request; to do a favour
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
decision; determination; resolution
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated