settlement; solution; resolution
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
on duty; at work; while working
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
at work; in the midst of work; working
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
national holiday; public holiday
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
that day; the very same day
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course