to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
other side; opposite side; other party
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
business; work; operations; service; duties
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
shyness; bashfulness; shame
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to ask; to enquire; to query
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
pointing out; identification
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex); sexual (relations, attraction, abuse, etc.)
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
micro miniskirt; micro skirt; micromini