if you think about it; come to think of it
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
manuscript; version; draft
share; portion; quota; cut
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board; making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
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
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere