approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
head; lead; vanguard; first
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
concealed microphone; bug
to switch off; to turn off
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
drama; play; powerful drug
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
strikeout; strike out; fanning out
scattering (in all directions)
real thing; original; actual
complimentary copy of a book
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame
common people; ordinary people; masses
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
internal conditions; true state of affairs