but; however; provided that
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
periodic; regular; routine
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
prospects of victory; chances of success
to make absolutely sure (that all is right); to use every means; to take all possible measures
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to squeeze out; to wring out
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
for this very reason; that is exactly why
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to boost; to force up; to push up
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
choices; alternatives; options
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
clearing one's throat; cough