auto-repair shop; service station; garage
preview (of an exhibition); private viewing
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
well-behaved (model) prisoner; trusty (trustee)
please sit down; please have a seat
beginning; clue; starting point
goodwill ambassador; friendship ambassador
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; SALT; salt
tranquilizer gun; tranquiliser gun
this school; the school in question
service area; toll road rest stop; rest area
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
foreign capital group; foreign company
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; letting out stress; letting out feelings
dressing oneself; putting on clothes; embezzlement
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
telephone booth; telephone box
to become attached; to begin to love
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful