advanced level; high grade; senior
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to have meaning; to be meaningful
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
control; management (e.g. of a business)
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
reality; actuality; hard fact
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to hypnotize; to hypnotise
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to brave a danger; to take a risk
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
how can (one) do something
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
district; section; sector
order of chivalry; chivalric order
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
leaving (a group, team, etc.)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
discovery; detection; finding