attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
street; quarter; district; area
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
interest; rights; concession
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
few decades; many decades; several decades
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
had better ...; had better not ...
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
top of the head; crown of the head
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry