painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to continue to do; to persist in doing
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
to hand over; to surrender
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
troublesome; pain in the butt
to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit
warm and snug; soft and comfortable
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
being startled; getting a shock
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
secret; private; surreptitious
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
dominant player (e.g. in politics); single strong player
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
never mind!; don't worry about it
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant