painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
weight; heavyweight boxer
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
so; like this; in this way
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to brave a danger; to take a risk
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
to lure someone; to entice someone
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
reopening; resumption; restarting
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
square (on a go board); grid
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
but; however; provided that