to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
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)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
point in question (at issue)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to be profitable; to yield a profit
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
distinction; differentiation; classification
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
single-mother household; fatherless family
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
short pause; short interval
to pause; to have a short intermission
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
connection; link; relationship
to push (something) against
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie