Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
one's previous life; previous existence
there's no smoke without fire
recovery after childbirth; growth (of a child)
manufacturer's suggested retail price; MSRP; recommended retail price; RRP; list price
hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter
to seize; to grab; to collar
Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations; Law for Preventing Unjustifiable Extra or Unexpected Benefit and Misleading Representation
virtual reality sickness; 3D sickness
shelving; pigeonholing; putting to one side; strangling; throttling; crushing
failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
over-the-knee socks; overknee socks
Tartary (various tribes that historically inhabited the area north of China)
cordiality; attentiveness; politeness
turning into a slum; becoming run-down; slumism; slumification
fashion style for young women invoking a soft, forest-like feeling
black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon); giant tiger prawn
myocardial rupture; cardiac rupture; heart rupture; cardiorrhexis; cardioclasis
military attack; military strike
to have a good idea; to be able to predict
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story