top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
right in the midst of; right at the height of
to mind; to care; to worry
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
beyond this point; from now on; after this
virtual space (e.g. in computer graphics)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
cross connection; interconnection; internetworking
if so; in that case; in that situation
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to have a talk; to tell a story
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment