euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
evening meal; dinner; supper
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
any more; any further; any better; any longer
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to employ; to hire; to charter
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
interior; inside; internal
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
position; location; base; point; site
lease agreement; rental contract
burner; nozzle; origin of a fire
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to order; to command; to appoint
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening