dark (color); concentrated; thick
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard
private car; personal car
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
without warning or notice
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
superior; excellent; fine
management task; administrative task
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
princess; Her Royal Highness
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
worried look; concerned expression
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to have a short turning radius (e.g. car); to be adaptable; to be quick to respond to shifting circumstances
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
military force; military strength
to be cheap; to be inexpensive