chasing after women; womanizing
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
alone; by oneself; on one's own
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to lose heart; to lose motivation
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
monitor (device, software or person); monitoring; person who gives feedback on products, television programs, etc.; customer panel participant; (computer) monitor; display
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
the same generation; coeval
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
needing care (of a person); needing to be looked after; troublesome; annoying; difficult
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
on duty; at work; while working
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile