sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
later on; eventually; afterwards
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
witnessing; observing; sighting
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
new line; new paragraph; newline (e.g. LF, CR, CRLF)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords