superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
interview (e.g. for a job)
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to fold up; to fold into layers
one thin flat object; one sheet
promotion (e.g. sales, etc.); marketing campaign; campaign (election, membership, enrolment, fund-raising, etc.); drive; military campaign; military action
costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)