eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
in turns; alternately; in order
perfect; perfection; perfect game
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to complain; to make a complaint
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
doing whatever one pleases
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
schedule; program; programme; agenda
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
misjudgment; misjudgement
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson; persistent jerk
arbitration; intercession; mediation
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; (lit.) not even a dog will eat (it)
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
menial; meanness; servility; abject
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over