being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
sudden change; complete change
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
hegemony; leadership; initiative
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
chalk; choke (hold); choke (of an engine)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
if you think about it; come to think of it
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
out of range; outside the limits (of ...); outside (a) range; outside the scope
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
priority level; degree of relative priority
timewise; temporal; chronal
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
visit (from someone); call
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
being rampant; domination
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
someone; a certain person
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy