fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
should; must; -able; probably; likely
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
coincident with; while; simultaneously
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
sharp sighted; easily awakened
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?