tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
armed forces; military; troops
the front; honest; upright; decent
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
difference; variation; difference
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
presumption; assumption; estimation
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
demon-infested place; ominous place; mysterious, unfrequented area; den of iniquity
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of