management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
close-cropped head; bald hill
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
behind with everything; too late; reactive
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
nature; property; disposition
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
one thin flat object; one sheet
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
materials; data; document
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
I see; that's right; indeed
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
(wild) yak (Bos mutus); (domestic) yak (Bos grunniens)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
at least; at most; (even) just
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor