to be expensive; to be costly
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
mouse (esp. a laboratory mouse); (computer) mouse; mouth
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
tablet; pill; tablet; tablet computer; tablet; (inscribed) slab
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
tracing; trail left in the snow (by mountaineers); following (a trail of footprints); trace (of a matrix)
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
sudden; abrupt; improvised; hasty; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan
finish; finishing; finishing touches
do this, do that; dos and don'ts
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
desirable prey; easy game; easy mark; easy prey; easy target
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
no-hit, no-run game; no-hitter
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
Near Threatened (conservation status); NT; New Testament; nuchal translucency
artificial intelligence; AI
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
sitting down; sitting up; sit!
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant