to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to see through; to see the true nature of something
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
killing two birds with one stone
sexual frigidity; insensitivity; indifference
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
something-something; yada yada; so-and-so
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
to state; to express; to mention
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
do not enter; no entry; wrong way
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
key rack; (wall-mounted) key holder; key hook
Ritalin (methylphenidate)
underground train; subway
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
to give a glance (at); to take one look at