it's not like; it isn't as if
society; company; the public; the world
preparations for returning (home)
for your information; I'm telling you
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
otherwise; if not; or else
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
sailor suit; middy uniform
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
by today; before the day is over
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to happen to meet; to come across
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
game arcade; video arcade; penny arcade
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
(a) slight; disrespect; making light (of); neglect
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to accept; to receive; to agree
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
bitter experience (ordeal)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family