if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
jumping to a wrong conclusion
special offers available for a limited time of the day; limited-time sale
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
just the other day; quite recently
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
supply; supplying; replenishment
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to pass on an order; to pass the word
senility; dotage; decrepitude
(going) all in (in poker)
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
minimum; at the very least
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations