to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
for a long time; since long ago; from childhood; bright and early; early in the morning
capable; able; talented; promising
party; set; gang; company; person
never ceasing; never ending; endless
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
experiments using animals; in-vivo testing; animal testing
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
improvised; impromptu; extemporaneous; off-the-cuff; ad-lib
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to be conspicuous; to stand out
appointment; assignment; promotion
matter of time; question of time
death during surgery; intra-operative death; operational death
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
time; season; period; phase; stage
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
no sleep or rest; working day and night
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary