plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
continuation; succession; series
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
the place for; the time for; the level of
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
planned; scheduled; systematic
relatively; comparatively
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
senior executive staff; upper management
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to send or direct a person to
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
same; similar; (just) like; equal
reading too much into (what ... says)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
cooperation; collaboration
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
reign; being on the throne
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise