first 10 days of the month
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
doing whatever one pleases
prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to attack; to assault; to assail
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
heavy concentration; overconcentration
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
rather; better; instead; if anything
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
to refer to; to use as reference
to name; to call; to christen; to term
developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
comparatively; relatively
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
locker room; changing room; dressing room
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
difficult to ...; hard to ...
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
ago; since; before; previous
golden-rayed lily (Lilium auratum)
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many