reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
greeting; a fine thing to say
telephone call; telephone (device)
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
dodgy dealings; monkey business
hard to get; hard to come by
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
confined place; closing (an institution, office, clinic, etc.)
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
shower stall; shower cubicle; shower room
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)