to employ; to hire; to charter
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
until now; so far; up to the present
surrounding at a distance
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
prejudice; bias; distorted view
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
no!; no no!; no, not at all
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to begin; to set about; to start
empirical; from experience
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to stick it out (until the end)
very great; enormous; serious
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
declaration; proclamation; announcement
curiosity; inquisitiveness
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance