fourth day of the month; four days
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
hegemony; leadership; initiative
difficult to ...; hard to ...
forced laugh; forced smile
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
beforehand; in advance; previously
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
just one person; only one
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
decision; settlement; definition
negotiations; discussions; connection
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
as soon as possible; at the earliest time
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip