estimate (of costs); budget
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
impossible; unlikely; improbable
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
foreign matter; impurities
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
fine article; good-quality item; quality product
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
trial product; prototype model
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
lead-acid battery; lead storage battery
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
territory; autonomous region
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
under control (e.g. of territory)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
place; room; margin; scope
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
success; prosperity; boom