jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
steady; firm; solid; secure
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
way of reciting; way of telling a story
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
(not) even once; (not) ever
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to be needed; to be wanted
look!; there!; here!; that is
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do