injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
fair and square; open and aboveboard
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
hogshead; puncheon; foudre
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
for a while; for some time; for a period
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
reporting, contacting, and consultation
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
raw materials; ingredients
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)