elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
headquarters; head office; main office
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
to give directions; to issue instructions
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
banquet or reception hall
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
large number (of); many; majority
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
Amazon River; Rio Amazonas
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
the slightest bit of room; (lit.) room to stand a gimlet (on its end)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
extermination; annihilation
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase