to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
(large) house; residence; mansion
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
love; adoration; being fond of; having a passion for
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex); sexual (relations, attraction, abuse, etc.)
dilettante; person of unusual tastes; person with strange hobbies; person of refined taste; connoisseur
price; cost; value; worth; merit
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
human rights; civil liberties
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to accept (something) with thanks