obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
blunder; slip; error; error
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
(turned out) all right in the end
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
have a good day; take care; see you
dominion; territory; possession
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
opposite side; opposition
supervised; under surveillance
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
column; file; (vertical) line
(a place) out of one's reach
not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
sultry night; sweltering night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 25 degrees C
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to establish; to formulate
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
possession; retention; maintenance
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
to unfold; to unroll; to open
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")