monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
income; receipts; revenue
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
practical question (problem); practical matter
damp; moist (negative nuance)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
three-of-a-kind (poker hand)
scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
final; eventual; ultimate
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance