to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to affect; to impact; to influence
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
finger flick to the forehead
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
one large ...; a great ...
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
sense of humour (humor); funny bone
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
trivial; not amounting to much
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness