police; police officer; police station
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to understand; to make out
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
tall figure; high stature
white (complexion); fair-skinned
flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to rush over; to run up to
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to trample down; to devastate
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
place; room; margin; scope
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
rubbing one's hands together
warp; curvature; curve; arch
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to say (something) over one's shoulder