top recommendation; something highly recommended
MP; magic point; military police (US, etc.); MP; member of parliament (UK, etc.); MP
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
scattered; sprinkled; sporadically; snapping (of a thread, string, etc.); breaking
(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
single standard; single base; single-feature show
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
(length of one's) step; stride; pace
to get between; to be caught in
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
quick; nimble; agile; sharp; shrewd; smart
every martial art; all the martial arts
inclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
power balance; balance of power
linkage; co-movement; interrelation; interconnectedness
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
without oxygen; anaerobic; anoxia; hypoxia
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
eternity; infinitude; immortality
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
be (that) as it may; having said that
short distance; short range; short-haul
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
to be able to hold one's head up (of an infant)