to ask; to enquire; to query
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to strike dead; to beat to death
manslaughter; bodily injury resulting in death
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to incur someone's enmity
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to get one's head around; to think about
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
clothes; clothing; garments
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
calm; composed; cool; quiet
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)