easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
that's the way it is; such is life
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
particularly; only; in the case of
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
absence due to illness; sick leave
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point