acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
trouble; bother; annoyance
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
everything; anything; nothing
likability; favorability; popularity
present (brought by a visitor); gift
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
meanwhile; in the meantime
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to be late; to be unpunctual
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to say; to tell; to state; to do
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
to send flying with a kick
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
large build; large pattern
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
boisterously; roughly; briskly
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
recommendation; referral; endorsement
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around