due form; official; formality
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
troops; group members; team members
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to stomp out (of a room, etc.); to storm out
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
left side; left-hand side
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
right side; right-hand side
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to jump into; to rush into
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
perishable foods; perishables
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
presence (impressive quality)
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
degree of familiarity; popularity