hitting ratio; hit rate; success rate; accuracy rate
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
high and low (social standing)
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
capital; funds; seed money; asset
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
relationships with the opposite sex
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
digression; many divergences
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
fine weather; fair weather
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
contrary to one's expectations
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
laughing by oneself; erotic pictures; shunga
to rest one's chin in one's hands
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize