child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
the future; future prospects
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
poster color; poster colour; poster paint
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
recorder (e.g. tape recorder, time recorder); recording device; recorder (musical instrument); English flute
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
sorcerer; genie; human with supernatural powers
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
1,000,000; one million; million; many
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to bring back; to restore
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
to concern; to be related
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
one life; one's life; one order; one command
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
fib; exaggeration (of the truth); snow job
absolute obedience; complete submission
having sex while on drugs
to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
operational; manipulative
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
distinction; difference (between two things); sense of propriety; proper conduct (according to social or moral norms); accountability; taking clear responsibility (for a fault or failing)
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding