to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
the other day; a few days ago
circle and cross; right and wrong (answers); true-false
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
world; society; people; the public
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to be in focus; to come into focus
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
both sides; two sides; double-sided
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to mesh (of gears); (fig.) to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)