large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
journal; magazine; periodical
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
discovery; detection; finding
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
veneer board; plywood; joint publication
telop; television opaque projector; device used to broadcast onscreen text (e.g. subtitles, captions); onscreen text and images (e.g. subtitles, captions, scrolling tickers, logos)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
living; lifestyle; living room
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
potato chips; potato crisps
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to keep in mind; to memorize
two times; twice; two degrees
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual