critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
to this extent; to this degree; this much
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
castella (type of sponge cake)
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
how many years; how long; what year
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow; making a rod for one's own back
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
amicable settlement; settling the case leaving no parties dissatisfied
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case