important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
second; number two; runner-up
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
to ask for too much; to expect too much
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
time around sunset; early evening
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to come and go; to go back and forth
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
to be greedy; to devour greedily
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at