fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
low (level, value, price, etc.)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)
without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
enemy encounter; encounter (with); running into; coming across
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
genuine; authentic; true; real
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
largest ever; biggest; record
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
several minutes; a few minutes
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
transfer (of a call, patient, etc.); forwarding (a letter, email, etc.); redirection; transfer (of data); transmission
sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos; covert filming
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
forced laugh; forced smile
knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
overheating; overexcitement