MacGuffin (plot device); McGuffin; maguffin
to feel hungry; to get hungry
unedited remarks; frank opinions
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
index finger; forefinger; second toe
instead; but (on the other hand)
article to be delivered; present
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
dry riverbed; river beach
truancy; school non-attendance
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
looking on (somebody) as hostile