wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
student in a lower grade; underclassman
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
to entrust; to leave to a person
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
to think too much; to be over-concerned
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
unconditionally; as a rule
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
back of a stone monument; inscription on the back of a stone monument
to like; to love; to be fond of