special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
being superstitious; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
centipede race (foot race in which teams of runners are tied together)
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
move; movement; movement (of data); transfer; (data) migration
how others look at you; what others think about you
intuition; instinct; hunch
immediately; right away; on the spot
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; babble; gibberish; jargon
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to leave something as it is
briskly; quickly; promptly
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if