question of where responsibility lies; issue of where liability lies; question of who is responsible
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
happy event; auspicious event; matter for congratulation
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
two times; twice; two degrees
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to talk the night away; to talk all night
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
to swell up (by soaking in or absorbing a liquid); to become soft; to become soggy; to become lazy; to become indolent; to become slack
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
tool; implement; means; furniture
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
to fall; to drop; to fail (an exam); to lose (a contest, election, etc.); to be unsuccessful
aesthetic feeling; aesthetic sense; sense of beauty
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
failure; mistake; blunder
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive