particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to happen to hear; to overhear
spring break; spring vacation
leadership; initiative; spearhead
estimate (of costs); budget
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
one person; another name; nickname; alias
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
attendance; presence; appearance
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)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
illegal; illicit; unlawful
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
useless; vain; aimless; idle
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
to accept; to receive; to agree
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to walk away; to walk off
retreating figure; appearance from behind
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
as (for); for; in the capacity of