monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
exchanging diary between friends (usually at school)
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
script; libretto; scenario
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
and then; and so; and; so then
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
just you wait and see (as a threat)
(skill of) making funny faces; facial performance
to be reminded of; to call to mind
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
beautiful woman; (a) beauty