valuation basis; appraisal standard
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
multilateral; many-sided; diversified
to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy
sports ground; playing field; playground
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
opening fully; full throttle; full power
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
natural disaster; cataclysm
seeing something that isn't actually there; hallucination; pretending not to see; looking the other way; looking upwards
preface; introduction; preamble
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to wring the neck; to strangle
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
kindness; intimacy; friendship
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
declaration of war; proclamation of war
attendance (at school); going to school
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
armed forces; military; troops
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
police; police officer; police station
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock