dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
fishing enthusiast; fishing nut
boiled octopus; person with red flushed skin
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
postcard; memo; note; card
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)
irony of fate; twist of fate
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
vista; background; perspective; distant view
wind-wrought pattern on the sands
morning coat; cutaway coat; morning dress (as opposed to evening dress)
leather shoes; leather boots
ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
open-top car; convertible; soft-top; cabriolet
all night; throughout the night
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
gas station; petrol station; filling station
drive-through; drive-thru
MacDonald; Macdonald; Mcdonald; McDonald's (fast food chain)
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
Boys (The Shirelles song)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
practical; realistic; pragmatic
-less; lacking; non-existing
vagrant; vagabond; tramp; homeless person; hobo; bum
loafer; free-loader; tramp; unemployed person
homeless people (living on the street)
(scattered) spots; specks; speckles
all night; the whole night