the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
if you do this; if this is the case
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
(one's) quota; assignment
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
if you ask me ...; as for ...
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
with all one's strength; with all one's might
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony