direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
any more; any further; any better; any longer
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
next term; next period; next version; next release
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
family; members of a family
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)