gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
battery; battery; pitcher and catcher
lump-sum purchase; bulk purchase; group purchase
collecting together and buying; doing a big shop
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
back off!; leave me alone!
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
to thrust away; to send flying
troops; group members; team members
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to fold in two; to fold in half; to double up
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
stingy; cheap; very frugal
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
everybody; every last one of them; all
husband and wife; married couple
to leak down; to be omitted; to be missing
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
attack; assault; attempt; try
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap