top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
set of tools (implements); kit; outfit
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
progress; advance; improvement; development
until now; so far; up to the present
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
for example; for instance; e.g.
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
modern history; modern and current history; recent history; recent contemporary history
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
troublesome; pain in the butt
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
general idea; concept; notion
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
long ago; once upon a time
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy