to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
emotional strength; force of will
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
function; facility; faculty; feature
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
type; pattern; shape; similar type; similar pattern