nonfulfillment of a contract; contractual non-performance; breach of contract
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
power; authority; jurisdiction
please be careful; please take care
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
smoothly; easily; readily
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
invitation; introduction; temptation
polite; courteous; hospitable
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
sympathy; compassion; pity
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
(written) contract; agreement
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article