teatime; tea break; coffee break
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to come to an end; to close the curtain
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to take the lead (of a group of people); to lead (a toast, cheer, etc.); to sing the leading notes of a song after which others join in
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
flagwaving; flagman; (in athletic competition) starter; instigator; leader
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to rest one's chin in one's hands
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
solely; entirely; only; or
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)