brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
beach sandals; flip-flops; thongs; pluggers; jandals
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
main purpose; primary objective
small ball; globule; bead; small vegetable or piece of fruit
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
wheat straw; barley straw
with a boom; with a crash; with a rumble
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
proposal; motion; recommendation
ability to make plans; planning ability
sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
colored pencil; coloured pencil
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
locked-room murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
established fact; fait accompli
live-action film; film that uses footage of real scenes and events
live action (as opposed to animation); photograph (of a real scene, event, etc.); real image; depiction of a real scene (in writing or a picture); description
meanwhile; in the meantime
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
independent production (e.g. of a film)
worthy of special mention
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
enthusiastic schoolteacher; passionate teacher
casting (of roles); casting
person of common sense; common sense man