recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line
step-up; advance; progress; increase
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
to die down (of a fire); to be brought under control; to decline; to wane; to fall off
on bad terms; at loggerheads
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
gesture; gesticulation; motion
end of a road; end of a street
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
limited time; limited-time offer
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
all parts; various parts; every department
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
20th day of the month; 20 days
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
bribe; money under the table
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
to make coffee; to brew coffee
mental health; mental hygiene
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.)
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move