employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits
and then; and so; and; so then
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
bent back; hunchback; stoop
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
for use of customers or guests
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
somewhere to go; place to go
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
account book; register; ledger
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to crumble away; to collapse
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
tacit; unspoken; implicit
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating
to offer for sale; to put on the market
to acquire a position; to hold an appointment
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
method of treatment; cure; remedy
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding