to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
illicit sexual relationship
to work without sleep or rest
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
packing; crating; packaging
I owe you; I owe you one; I owe you a favor
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
considerably; fairly; quite
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
cooperation; collaboration
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
undeserved honor (honour); too great an honour
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
pride; boast; credit (to)
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
like this; this sort; this way
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
particularly; only; in the case of
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)