first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
few decades; many decades; several decades
degree of familiarity; popularity
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
impact of publicity or propaganda
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
prize money; monetary award; reward
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
gateway to success; opening to honours; opening to honors
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
prize-winner; recipient (of a prize, award, etc.)
to take; to catch; to capture
brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
obscure; vague; ambiguous
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
one field; a division; a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
editor (in publishing, etc.)
movie director; film director
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
graphic artist; CGI artist; video game artist
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to join forces; to cooperate
stirring; rousing oneself
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition