persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
beauty regimen; beauty treatment; cosmetic technique
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
in brief; to put it succinctly
booking; reservation; making a booking
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
boldness; guts; courage; gall; sangfroid
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
a dime a dozen; two a penny
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
crash; kurash (wrestling)
plump; chubby; voluptuous
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
sense of being the chosen people
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
joint together; opposite; facing
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
future; possible; potential; prospective
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to be pregnant; to be with child
scheduled date; expected date; due date; estimated date of confinement; expected date of delivery
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
by any means (possible); somehow
refusing to allow a passenger on board a train or into a bus or taxi
homeless; homeless person
carjack; carjacking; car hijacking
tear gas defense spray (e.g. mace, pepper)
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration