call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
audience; spectator; spectators
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to grill again; to rehash
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to be perturbed; to be agitated
that is to say; so that means
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
tradition; legend; folklore
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on