was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
detour; circumvention; turning movement
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
I couldn't care less; not caring less
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
abandoned; out-of-use; obsolete; abolished; decommissioned
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
presentation (of a gift, prize, etc.)
you'll regret this!; I'll get you for this!; just you wait!
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
how many people; a number of people
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
group; party; team; squad; section
hostility; animosity; enmity
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking