news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
between times; when there's a spare moment
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
writing (e.g. as a profession)
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
chasing after women; womanizing
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
unheard-of; unprecedented
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
rather; sooner; preferably
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like