series of battles; successive battles
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
nightlife; night amusements
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
spirit; heart; disposition
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
way one walks; one's walk
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
being argued into silence; being left speechless
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
great hurry; great haste; rush
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
coming to an embassy, theatre, library, etc.
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
female ghost; female apparition; female monster
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
trio; gang of three; threesome