starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
settlement; solution; resolution
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
outsider; someone outside of a group
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
suspicious object (e.g. potential bomb); suspicious substance
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
chastity; virtue; fidelity
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
jealousy; roasted rice cake
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
pardon me for leaving (first)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)