to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
help; assistance; service
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to do over; to remake; to resume
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
interest (on a loan, deposit etc.)
overpayment; paying too much
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
how many years; how long; what year
prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to sell off; to sell completely
being open but having virtually no business
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility