losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
apologies for the crude food
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to be emotionally moved; to have a lump in one's throat
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
distinction; differentiation; classification
long; drawn-out; very long
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
to trace back to (the origins of something)
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
family; relatives; dependents; household
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis