discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
close; intimate; on good terms
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
great man; hero; master mind
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
the matter you have been talking about
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to rant and rave; to raise hell
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
power balance; balance of power
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
in accordance with plans; just as planned
site; point on a map; spot
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to get off; to abandon (a ship or vehicle)
discovery; detection; finding
still; as yet; as it has been
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to manage something successfully; to be successful
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
skill; dexterity; master hand