babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
Frankfurt (Germany); frankfurter; frank
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
(divine) providence; dispensation
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
assistant engineer; (telegraph) operator
to torment; to torture; to harass
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
medium (cooked, roasted, etc.); (of) middle degree; medium; intermediary substance; media
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
all you want; as much as one wants
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
story; tale; talk; discussion
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
life imprisonment; life sentence
stay of execution; suspended sentence
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary