processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
being suited to a role; being the right person for the job; suitable role; suitable position; fitting part
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
double suicide; lovers' suicide; group suicide; family suicide; dedication to the point of self-sacrifice
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
suffix for familiar person
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
inexpert or untrained eyes
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
personal (employee); employed; retained
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
main; principal; chief; primary; major
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
anything and everything; just about everything
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to be sticky; to be close together
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly