formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
ability; capability; skill
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to become fraught with emotion
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
jealousy; roasted rice cake
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
almost; roughly; approximately
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
review (of learned material); revision
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
a little bit; a little while
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
some people; a few people; several people
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
very interesting; of great interest
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
hitting ratio; hit rate; success rate; accuracy rate