disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
employer's house; master's house
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
coach and four; four horse coach
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
medical office; (out-patient) clinic
division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
coating (esp. lacquering)
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
numbered tag; numbered ticket
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
party; set; gang; company; person
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
donation; contribution; offering
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
exactly as stated; verbatim
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
to lose a quarrel; to lose an argument; to be talked down
unclear point; unclear points
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump