to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
stew; food cooked in a pot
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
spot cash; cash payment; immediate payment (in cash); cash down
wherein; therein; thereinto
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
plural; multiple; several
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
limit (amount, e.g. on credit card, loan, expenditure)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to be the ruin of (a person)
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
for example; for instance; e.g.
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to lean against; to set against
excessive meddling (esp. by parents); excessive interference
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
tone (of voice); manner of talking
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
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)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
interference; intervention; meddling
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for