first meeting; first interview with
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
nod; inclination of the head
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
close; intimate; on good terms
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
talking while standing; standing around talking
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
invisibly; secretly; privately
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver