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| to give birth to triplets | (Truth, human nature, etc.) is the same everywhere | a pair of crutches | alike |
| steadfast in love | with a thunderous noise | a literary coterie | either |
| to cut off a portion | a field of corn | to be confined to a small place or corner | another year slipplng away imperceptibly |
| to get a job (not a very good one) after a long period of unemployment | moments later | a bunch of thugs | a one-party state |
| confined to a corner | grass uni- Community | a `drinking-bout | amount contained in a bowl |
| a ,cup and `saucer | a pair of cuff-links | the bridal party, ie the bride and her attendants and close friends | a pair of culottes |
| "one China, one Taiwan" (policy) | to die suddenly | to take a sweeping look | general principle |
| a length of chain | a stick of chalk | to punish one as a warning to the others | to spare no effort in helping somebody accomplish something |
| (the difference between) addition and deducation (example: If one spends two dollars instead of getting two, the difference is four dollars, not just the two dollars he spends or fails to get.) | an ideal couple (said of newlyweds) | gleam | (the difference between) addition and deducation (example: If one spends two dollars instead of getting two, the difference is four dollars, not just the two dollars he spends or fails to get.) |
| (said of factories) integrated operation | a burst of applause | full of zest or enthusiasm | half as much again, ie one-and-a-half times as much |
| in constant fear (said of people in troubled times) | consistent way of doing things | (said of a man) to have two women at the same time | a herd of buffalo |
| to be afflicted by several ailments or diseases | (of a door) to fling open with a creaking sound | once a year (every year) | to lend a helping hand |
| to do something without knowing how | to end one's troubles or worries by death | (said of individuals) to be deep in debt | tithing |
| national unified entrance exam | to share the same feeling of loss or grief (over the death of a national hero, a great tragedy, etc.) | very famous at the time (said of artist, writer, etc.) | unanimous |
| unification of a nation after quelling rebellions | a cloud of locusts | standing in a circle | group of young chickens that hatch from these eggs |
| a coil of flex | a handful of coins | a chime of bells | a dizzy spell |
| type of dagger | a bloody battle | a suit of armour | in the above paragraph |
| glass of beer | Itung Ansha | as if dead | a new batch of recruits for the army |
| be deaf in one ear | a pair of dice | a beam of pleasure | a cup and saucer |
| Dozen uni- Community | a `drinking-bout | a pair of drawers | amount contained in a bottle |
| in driblets, ie a little at a time | on the other side | kick up a din | Sudan grass |
| rouleau | a beauty queen | What a suck! (=Sucks! Sucks to you!) | a quarter past 9 |
| Swiss chard (=chard) | switch off [on to] | sweat out | When disaster struck, help came from all sides. |
| lick [whale] the stuffing out of sb. | one central task, two basic points | glad rags | a tumbler of milk |
| credit first | normal interest rate | ratel | a suite of racks |
| single market | undecylenic alcohol | a sup of beer | rouleau |
| It never rains but it pours. | rouleau | a thousand suns ago | have the room to oneself |
| (a number) to (a number) | Do try more. | reconstruction | rev |
| reunification | risotto | a tin of cigarettes | have a try |
| straight from the tin | tip up | great [coarse; large] tithe | represent |
| treasury note | take [win] a trick | out of trim | hold pride of place |
| a mere trace of a smile | resurvey | toss down | toss off |
| always on the trot | (receipt or invoice) in duplicate | rosary | singleness of purpose |
| a tube of toothpaste | Only think! | ray | a thick line |
| tuck up | a pulse of light | rotation | push aside |
| give a tap | taste the soup | for this once | as thus |
| rorqual | to wait till ten o'clock | half the time | cream puff |
| romp | some thousand | worker at the production line | a thrill of joy [horror] |
| throw by | thumb through | try back | ruck |
| whippy | setting | session | a tree full of rot |
| whorl | session | seventh | whiffle |
| sheaf | whiff | shag | a round ton [dozen] |
| whiffle | semicentennial | sericeous | live under the same roof |
| scull | wolflike | width | wickiup |
| session | serving | a rookery of seals | wisp |
| series | wigging | weekly | sidestep |
| round of drinks | sideslip | weaverbird | man in the street |
| silken | waste | sidewise | a row of soldiers |
| watery | warden | side | good round whipping |
| shear | wheel | whereabouts | whichsoever |
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