hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
rising; ascending; climbing
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
concession; conciliation; compromise
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
at once; immediately; right now
height (of body); stature
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
dark (color); concentrated; thick
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
foreign; abroad; overseas
actor; actress; player; performer
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
unpopular (esp. with the opposite sex); undatable
to happen to have on hand or in stock
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
how can (one) do something
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
society; the world; the times
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
that is to say; so that means
barbershop; barber shop; barber
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
had better ...; had better not ...