negotiations; discussions; connection
menial; meanness; servility; abject
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
1000 sheets (of paper); many pages; book tripe; bible tripe; leaf tripe
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to ask for too much; to expect too much
shop; small store; business; firm
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning