incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
in person; personally; directly
to care for someone; to look after someone
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
royal castle; imperial castle
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
just a minute; small quantity
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unvirtuous girl
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to increase in value; to gain prestige
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not