cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to put in a call; to call in; to make a call; to contact by phone
to look sour; to look disgusted; to scowl; to frown
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
dealing with; coping with
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
well known; well connected
impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
refund; repayment; reimbursement
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
trial in absentia; judgment by default (judgement)
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
to leak down; to be omitted; to be missing
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
using up one's paid vacation days; using up one's holiday entitlement
bicycle trip; cycling tour
surely; upon my word; by Jove; (with neg) by no means; never
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
falling with a splat; oozing; dripping
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty