to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
passage; fare; shipping charges
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
protruding eyes; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
now that; since; so long as; because
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to happen to hear; to overhear
conjurer; magician; illusionist
delicate technique (in sumo, judo, etc.); little trick; subtle maneuver
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
creak; squeak; rasping sound
speed of a boat; draft; draught
unexpectedly; surprisingly
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness
killing time; staving off boredom
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling