dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to look forward to something
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
not necessarily so; is not always true
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
of course; certainly; naturally
conviction; belief; confidence
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to indicate; to show; to point to