ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
international community; international society
to be able to manage somehow or other
arrangement; pact; agreement
to have a time-limit expire; to pass a deadline; to pass an expiration date
country; territory; domain; realm
don't worry; no worries; never mind
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
(high) mountain; Mount; Mt.; mountain peak
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
image quality (film, video, etc.)
waist; girth; measurement around waist
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
to have a reason; to have an excuse
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
blowing one's top; losing it; flipping out
of all things (people, places, days, etc.)
losing initiative; being forestalled; moving second; person with the second move; gote; move that does not require an immediate response from the opponent
later on; eventually; afterwards
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
reorganization; reorganisation
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
access road; access route; entrance ramp (onto a highway); on-ramp; approach path
fast (talking); rapid; quick-tongued
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment