to be prolonged; to drag on
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
dine and dash; leaving a restaurant without paying
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
near oneself; close to one; familiar
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
that; the matter in question
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
way (of doing); manner; method; means
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
by today; before the day is over
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to detain; to check; to restrain
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)