opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
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.)
moment to quit; way to quit
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
final; eventual; ultimate
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
space development; space exploration
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
estimate (of costs); budget
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
colonization; colonisation
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
while; even though; despite
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)