companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
three; three years of age
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
than; from; out of; except; but; more
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
how; in what way; by what means
number one; first; best; most; game; round
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least