fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
transceiver (send and receive)
(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie
programme; program; plans; arrangements
to lose sight of; to miss
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
property; fortune; means; assets
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
1,000,000; one million; million; many
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to be overcome with emotion
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
along; parallel to; in accordance with
array; muster; line-up; full force
company; corporation; workplace