quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
ten (long cylindrical things)
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
ordinary person; unenlightened person
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
street at night; making a night journey
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
internal organs; viscera; intestines
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)