arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
sounding each other out; probing each other
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey; dark gray; deceitful employee; unfaithful servant
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
ill will; malice; evil intent
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling