compensating; making up for; supplementation
personal combat; one-to-one fight
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to put on airs; to assume importance
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
victim; injured party; sufferer
very likely; very probable
everything; anything; nothing
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to be selected (from among many people)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
emperor (of Japan); mikado
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
negotiations; discussions; connection
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
show; exhibition; spectacle
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful