guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
living; lifestyle; living room
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
man; male; masculine gender
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
both; both sides; both parties
to some extent; to a certain extent
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
prime minister; premier; chancellor
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
plural; multiple; plural (number)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all