all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
in the end; at the end of the day
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
composite; combined; complex
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
spread; span; expanse; extent
the way one works; one's working manner
before it happens; previously
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation
business use; business purposes
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
irregular conjugation of verbs ending in "nu" (in written Japanese)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown