househusband; stay-at-home dad
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
dressed up (in fine clothes)
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
outcast; odd man out; pariah
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to escape death; to be saved from death
to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year
difference; disparity; gap
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to concern; to be related
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
mistress; kept woman; (lit.) No. 2
out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy
aquatic (life); living in the water
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to behave buggily (of software); to act up; to behave strangely
delicious; appetizing; appetising
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia