to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
as everyone knows; needless to point out
stir-fry; fried food (cooked in wok, frying pan, etc.)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
body; physical system; (the) person
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild
increase in basic salary; bear; bare
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to rule; to govern; to administer
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
timewise; temporal; chronal
slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to go out and away; to leave
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
weight stone (placed on pickles)
system; institution; organization; organisation
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
all parts; various parts; every department
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
future; possible; potential; prospective
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
top notch; first rate; top-of-the-line; leading
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
huge rock; firmness; solidity
how should I know?; don't ask me
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue