cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
how long; how far; how much
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
take-out; take-away; carry-out
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
had better ...; had better not ...
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
to rise; to erect; to get up