session; jam session; jam
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
fast-talking; rapid talking
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
another time; some other time
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
last night; yesterday evening
all night long; all through the night
incident; affair; happening; event
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
sincere; honest; faithful
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
notice of resignation; (one's) resignation; resignation notice
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
at that time; in those days
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
first thing in the morning
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
lightly; easily; carelessly
to put into effect; to put into practice
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
how many years; how long; what year
employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything