magnesium carbonate (MgCO3)
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
cylindrical container (pot, vase, etc.); having no waist (straight body figure, not curvy); being stumpy; sleeveless (coat etc.)
renewal charge; renewal fee
juvenile division (police); juvenile section
to miss (one's chance to ...)
cash payment; paying in cash
initial investigation (by police)
administration costs; administrative expenses; management costs
hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
feeling of fullness; ability of a food to fill you up
scientific crime detection; forensic investigation
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
good for the health; healthy; wholesome
libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
unsettled; pending; unresolved
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
my husband; one's family; family member
to happen to hear; to overhear
funeral; burial; condolence
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)