National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
person who has a driving licence but little or no experience actually driving (license)
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
mercy; merciful heart; charity
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
making a loss; incurring a deficit
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
site (e.g. room, building) especially prepared for a meeting (event, etc.)
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
written and spoken words; description
large dictionary; comprehensive dictionary; unabridged dictionary
And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers
ding-dong dash; ding-dong ditch; ringing a doorbell and running away
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
pedagogy; pedagogics; education (esp. in the context of the study of education)
to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony
poorly made article; defective article; Gautama Buddha
invisible; unseen; vague; mysterious; imaginary
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)
gate ball (game similar to croquet)
without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable
air transportation; air transport
meanwhile; in the meantime
police force; police squad
to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple
image change; changing one's image; makeover
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
very; extremely; exceedingly
used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery