straining (with physical exertion); crying; groaning; huffing and puffing
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
everybody; every last one of them; all
secret; private; surreptitious
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
after a long time; for the first time in a while
spring break; spring vacation
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
beachfront park; park by the sea
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
independence; self-reliance