central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
shoes strictly prohibited
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
jet; spray; emission; rocket propulsion; jet propulsion
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to polish up; to shine up
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
top (of a table, counter, etc.); tabletop; countertop; baking tray; baking sheet; sheet pan
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
man; male; masculine gender
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
the staff; inside the department
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous