hereabouts; around there; that area
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
street stall; stand; booth
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
plural; multiple; several
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
hallucinogen; psychedelic
life and death; life or death
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
prohibition; ban; embargo
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder