powerful person; influential person
hot topic; talk of the town
flying; false start; doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to walk away; to walk off
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
school district; school area
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
keychain; key chain; key ring (encryption)
spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese babylon shell)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
event; phenomenon; matter
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
small change; coins; small sum of money
very low in sugar content
milk coffee; white coffee
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck
north wind; northerly wind