discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
noisy; confused; uproarious
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
progress; advance; improvement; development
high and low; rise and fall
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
all sorts of; all kinds of
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
fully armed; armed to the teeth
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to attack; to assault; to assail
principle; theory; fundamental truth
amount of light; quantity of light
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
newspaper reporter; print journalist
to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (onto a tree)
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
newspaper story (article, account)
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
to look down on; to make light of
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)