joint authorship; co-authorship; collaboration; joint work
to read between the lines
to make something be done in time
person unfit for society; misfit
oversight; omission; mistake
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
(plain) hot water; boiled water
to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
critical condition; being on the verge of death
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
share; portion; quota; cut
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
without; unless; have to do
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation