to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
you could say that; that might be so
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
all times and places; all ages and countries
the opposite sex; isomerism
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
right beside; close to; nearby
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to keep (e.g. the lead); to maintain (a standard, situation, etc.); to put aside (for someone); to save (e.g. a seat); to keep (the ball; in soccer, rugby, etc.); to retain possession
participation; joining; entry
while being out of the office or away from home
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
smoothly; easily; readily
management; administration; operation
enterprise; business; company; corporation
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
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
caller; visitor; company; guest
inside and outside the country; domestic and foreign
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
measures to defend oneself (for self-defense) (defence)
substitution; alternative; substitute
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to give a glance (at); to take one look at