explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
first thing in the morning
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
at once; immediately; right now
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
viewing as a problem; problematizing
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
complete stranger; total stranger
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
settlement; solution; resolution
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to push (something) against
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
indicate reason; infers some protest
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be able to manage somehow or another
expression; look; countenance; face
hey there; I say; see here
to make do errands; to set to scutwork