email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
answering machine; answer phone
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
wherein; therein; thereinto
moule; common (blue) mussel
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
that's a different matter; that's a different story
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
in advance; beforehand; previously
without permission; without notice
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
answering machine; answerphone
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
married woman; another's wife
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
master; teacher; stable master
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
heart attack; myocardial infarction
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
(medical) doctor; physician
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing