convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
friction; discord; strife
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
coloured paper; colored paper
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)