to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
after a long time; for the first time in a while
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to get along well together; to be close to each other
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
food and drink; eating and drinking
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
back street; back alley; off-street