compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case; compact car
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
tool; implement; means; furniture
to collect; to assemble; to gather
hammer; hopeless swimmer; person who can't swim; someone who sinks like a stone
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
medicine; drug; chemical agent (e.g. pesticide, bleach, lubricant); chemical
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
shipping; shipment; forwarding; sending (goods); delivery
... years old; age (of) ...
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
dealing with; coping with
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
else; in addition; besides
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; fixed period; scheduled period
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
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.)
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
January; first month of the lunar calendar
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely