construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
odds and ends; all; every
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
as; because; with; due to
business plan; business schedule; project
unlisted (company, stock)
to this extent; to this degree; this much
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
good humour (humor); good mood
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
apartment building; housing complex
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
public and private; official and personal; government and people
distinction; differentiation; classification
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
serious look (on one's face); straight face
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
stuffing; padding; stuffing (e.g. for roast meat); order problems with an intermediary seller
to be transparent; to show through
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently