valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to grant someone's request
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
100,000,000; one hundred million
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
building primarily containing fashion-related stores (boutiques, etc.)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
bad reputation; disgrace; unpopularity
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
journal; magazine; periodical
female high-school student
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy