mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
of course; certainly; naturally
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
reason; cause; history; origin
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
business discussion; negotiation
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
to flare up; to fly into a rage
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
contradiction; inconsistency
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to hand over; to surrender
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
comfort; consolation; diversion
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order