amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to pile up; to accumulate
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
the other day; a few days ago
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
follow-up report; further news
after that; afterwards; thereafter
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
somehow; for some reason or other
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
criminal nature; criminality
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to be cleared of a charge
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that