to cut corners; to be shoddy
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
attendance (at school); going to school
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
in the morning; during the morning
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
writing; composition; essay; sentence
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
way; method; means; resource; course
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
genuine article; real thing; real deal
everybody; every last one of them; all
overestimation; overvaluing
outside of one's area of expertise
relaxation; recreation; recess