smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
clear accounting; honest accounting (billing); transparent billing practices (in restaurant and bar charges, etc.)
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
new; newly made; newly-built ship; new boat; unmarried woman of about 20; newly-married woman
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
answering machine; answerphone
corridor; hallway; passageway
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear
personal organiser (e.g. Filofax)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
clerk; office worker; office staff
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
to sleep together (e.g. man and a woman); to lie with each other
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call