to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
killing two birds with one stone
again (and again); once again; yet again
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
normalization; normalisation
influence; clout; leverage
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
to take turns; to mingle together
longing for; burning desire
difficult to obtain; difficult to get
acceleration; speeding up
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
every evening; every night
training; drill; practice; discipline
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to be too numerous; to be too much
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline