dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
that's a different matter; that's a different story
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
unprecedented; never seen before
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
seventh day of the month; seven days