dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
such; this sort of; like this
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to watch over; to watch attentively
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
hegemony; leadership; initiative
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
leadership; initiative; spearhead
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
feeling; sense; impression
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
instant; moment; for an instant
you could say; you might say; verging on the
complicity (in a crime); collusion