to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
war; battle; match; game; competition
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
naivete; simplicity; innocence
to be too numerous; to be too much
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
busy; having no (free) time
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
incessant talking; rapid talking
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
deodorization; deodorisation
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
weight; heavyweight boxer
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to incur someone's enmity