useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
failure; mistake; blunder
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
headache inducing; vexing
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
urgent; pressing; exigent
within; inside of; less than
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
written request; request for ...; application for ...
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
one way or the other; either way
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (of time); to elapse
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)