of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)
to toss away; to throw out
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
responsibility; duty; obligation
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
recompense; indemnity; atonement
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
threesome including two women who are sisters
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
fluttering (cloth, paper, etc.); waving; small fluttering object
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
losing the means of livelihood; (arch.) a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended; (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
small fraction; small proportion
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
to that degree; to that extent; that much
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
self-flattery; sing one's own praises
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
production (e.g. play); direction
tell-all book; revealing book; kiss-and-tell book; scandalous book
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do