to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate
to flare up; to fly into a rage
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
inattention; absent-mindedness
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
right in the midst of; right at the height of
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
moment to quit; way to quit
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
organizational capability; organisational capability
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
scandal; deplorable event
after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath