nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
making efficient; optimization
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
certificate (usually of proof of something); credentials
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
trouble; bother; annoyance
laugh and grow fat; (lit.) good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
getting an advance (on one's salary)
becoming numb; becoming desensitized
best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
sad news; news of a death; death notice
inspector; examiner; auditor
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
for work; in a manner related to work
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
to express in a roundabout way
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
intelligence operative; spy
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
mayfly; ephemeropteran; ephemerality (of human life)