disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
another thing; exception; special case
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
wherein; therein; thereinto
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
several years; a few years
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
drinking party; get-together
home area; home town; local
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
single word; a few words; brief comment
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
sense of values; values; value system
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
Bon holidays; Bon holiday period (in mid-August)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
way of speaking; intimation