nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey
normal duties; (one's) regular work
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
athlete's foot; water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti); Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
to settle (in a place); to settle down
Trichophyton fungus (dermatophyte that causes ringworm, etc.)
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to shade an account; to add something extra
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
transport; transportation
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
training; education; development; cultivation
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
classified information; top secret
expertise; experience; knowledge
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
job satisfaction exploitation; trading off wages against "rewards"
employment (long term); hire
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease