big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
personal history; background; career
(national) capital (city); metropolis
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
pleasant (of a sensation); comfortable; cheerful; happy; smooth (of function); working well
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
staying out overnight without giving notice; spending night(s) away from home without permission (leave)
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
major volcanic eruption; large-scale eruption; violent eruption; great eruption
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
matter causing distress; something causing worry
unfortunate; unhappy; ill-fated; hapless
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
ten-gallon hat; cowboy hat