Minister of the Environment
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
repellent force; resiliency; elasticity
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
espresso (coffee); expresso
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
death by suffocation; death by choking
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
cold reception; inhospitality
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
share; portion; quota; cut
sender; consignor; remitter
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
public telephone; pay phone
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
perfect; perfection; perfect game
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination