operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
while running; while moving; in motion
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
how many years; how long; what year
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
loading; stacking the wall of tiles to one's advantage
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
seeing one off; farewell; escort
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
sublime; noble; high-minded
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
cooperation; collaboration
to be hot on a person's heels