(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
whatever the case; under any circumstances
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
environment; circumstance
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
selection; choice; option
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
Japanese company active abroad; company partly funded by Japanese nationals
continued fall (in market price)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
position; location; base; point; site
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
contract; compact; agreement
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to thrust before; to thrust at
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out