common front; united front
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
hearsay; learning by hearsay
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
light brown; golden brown; tan
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
every year; yearly; annually
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
trademark gag; trademark routine
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
both sides; two sides; double-sided
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around