carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
secret; private; surreptitious
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
separate case; another matter
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
brand name; trade name; product name
with a start; with a jump
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
stop (on a train's route)
first day of summer (approx. May 6)
to finish reading; to read through
for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
tenth day of the month; ten days
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
having gone too far to turn back
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
dreamland; land of Nod; realm of dreams
what time; (lit.) which hour
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
truancy; absence without leave
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
(raining) heavily; (water rushing) plentily; with white noise; with a buzz
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
lying face down; upside down; prone
ignoring a traffic light; red-light violation; running a red light; jaywalking
green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name