style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
at once; immediately; right now
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
forcibly; against one's will
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to cut corners; to be shoddy
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
friends who sleep next to each other (without engaging in sexual activities)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
(not) even once; (not) ever
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
company; corporation; workplace
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
company president; manager; director
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
(not so) much; (not) very
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care