clever; bright; smart; intelligent
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
soon; shortly; before long
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
(cash) register; checkout (counter); cashier
chit; slip; ticket; voucher
hot pink; shocking pink; bright pink
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
trial product; prototype model
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets; delivering a letter
trouble; bother; annoyance
health; healthy; sound; fit
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to continue to rain or snow
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion