share; portion; quota; cut
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
prisoner's dilemma; prisoners' dilemma
unfairness; injustice; partiality
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
avarice; heartlessness; greed
established fact; fait accompli
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud
the start of a climb up a hill
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
can do; may do; be capable of doing
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
under development; in development
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
having said that; be that as it may
leader of a charge; first to arrive
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
protruding eyes; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
bursting at the seams; bulging; snip-snip (of scissors)
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely