to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
Scotch; Scotch whisky; Scotch tweed
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
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
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
world situation; world affairs
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
(punishment by) striking with fists
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members