important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
later on; eventually; afterwards
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
organization name; organisation name
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
dozens; scores of; decades
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
inspection; examination; check
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
direct unforked road; straight path
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat
outside the city area; suburbs
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
operation plan; scheme of operations; plan of campaign
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)