contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to become inverted; to become reversed
business trip; official trip
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
leaving or staying; (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
as you see; as you can see
female household; household consisting wholly of women
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
head-hunting; recruiting professionals from other companies
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
another time; some other time
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to slap; to strike; to spank
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to be able to manage somehow or another
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
the same kind; accomplice; partner
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)