prompt decision; immediate decision; on-the-spot decision; summary judgment; summary judgement
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
intermediate student; intermediate learner; intermediate practitioner
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
full tank (esp. of gasoline); full capacity (of a battery, receptacle, etc.)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
dull sound; muffled sound
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
much less; to say nothing of
healing item; health item
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
sense of smell; olfaction
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
one's share; one's portion
light two-wheeled trailer (towed by bicycle, pulled by hand, etc.)
gilt; guilt; gilt-edged security; gilt