regular customer; valued client
being on stage without respite; performing continuously; staying out the entire time; being in attendance continuously (e.g. at a meeting)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
supporter (e.g. wrist supporter); athletic supporter; jockstrap; supporter (esp. of soccer); backer
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
recently; lately; these days
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
great laughter; burst of laughter
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner