four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
short distance; close range
coinage; invention of a new word; coined word
officiating (a ceremony); presiding (over a service)
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
training period; residency (esp. medical); internship
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
disfavor; disfavour; disinheritance
thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
quarterly (magazine, journal, etc.)
(being) over capacity; overloaded; overcrowded; overbooked; oversubscribed
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home
preparations for returning (home)
no more than that; with that; on that note; since then; ending there
extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL
the lungs and liver; depths of one's heart; innermost heart
gastric perforation; perforation of the stomach
Anisakis (genus of parasitic nematodes)