food and drink; eating and drinking
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint
blunder; slip; error; error
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
hostility; animosity; enmity
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
good policy; wise policy; best plan
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
(within a) territory; domains
to increase; to add to; to augment
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to dissolve (an organization, company, etc.); to break up; to close down; to scrap (a plan, etc.)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to let out a cry; to break forth
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
what action to take; what to do with oneself
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp