to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
government office; public office
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
failure; mistake; blunder
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to wash away; to rinse off
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...