dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
on such good terms as to know what each other is thinking
common front; united front
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
at a moment's notice; readily
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
to keep a watchful eye on
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
bringing alongside (ship, vehicle, etc.); coming alongside; mooring
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
another prefecture; other prefectures
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
to have an idea; to have a clue
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
role-playing; roleplaying
interior design; interior; upholstery
to decide; to determine; to judge
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
(not so) much; (not) very