announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
business; trade; operations; sales
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
recorder (e.g. tape recorder, time recorder); recording device; recorder (musical instrument); English flute
directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to slap; to strike; to spank