to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
just past noon; afternoon
convenient; expedient; makeshift
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
explanation; interpretation
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tin foil
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
attentive; scrupulous; tactful; tasteful; smart
reading too much into (what ... says)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
not revealing (thoughts, feelings); not breathing a word
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
last days; the end; one's fate
product; produce; result; fruit
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
athletic-style shirt; running vest
three-quarter length (usu. clothing)
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
fragment; one of the group or party
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material