indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
extensive; vast range; wide scope
one way or the other; either way
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
blood vessel; blood relationship
what sort of; what kind of; what way
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
to be needed; to be wanted
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
both sides; two sides; double-sided
fuel consumption; gas mileage
suppuration; festering; coming to head
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
application; request; petition
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
questions and answers; dialogue
spider's thread; spider silk
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)