green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
scramble intersection; pedestrian scramble; X-crossing; diagonal crossing; intersection allowing pedestrians to cross simultaneously in any direction
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
indirection; indirectness
on the occasion of; at the time of
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
penis; chink; jingle; begging (animal); jealousy; black porgy juvenile; flirting
words you can't say on TV or radio; taboo words banned from broadcasts
to stand by; to be on standby
deputy head teacher; vice principal
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
difficult to ...; hard to ...
copier; copy machine; photocopier
stencil; template; silkworm egg sheet
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
eating quickly; speed-eating
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
to throw into; to dump in together
private tutor; coach; governess
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)