lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
public talk; panel session; round-table discussion
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
management aspects (of business)
including (in a package); packing together with
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings
overseas assignment; overseas posting
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
first thing in the afternoon
to this extent; to this degree; this much; this little
utterly stark naked; wearing only one's birthday suit
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
renovation; overhaul; update; repair; improvement; renewal
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
carrying a person in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
to rule; to govern; to administer
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
two legs; two feet; two pairs
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality