to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
(being) over capacity; overloaded; overcrowded; overbooked; oversubscribed
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
anything and everything; just about everything
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
old hag; old woman; old bat
compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
police officer; policeman; policewoman
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
not budging an inch; to stand one's ground
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
real experience; actual observations
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times