important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
junior high school student; middle school pupil
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
equality; impartiality; evenness
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
coincident with; while; simultaneously
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
such; like that; that sort of; very
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
no loss or gain; coming out even
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
as (for); for; in the capacity of
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside