meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
dinks (double-income, no kids); childless working couple
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to do for (the sake of someone else)
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
toilet; lavatory; powder room
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
charge (electrical); recharging; charge (fee); topping up (a contactless smart card); recharging; refuelling; charge
please; somehow or other; one way or another
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to apologize; to apologise
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
performer; entertainer; celebrity
even though it is not; despite not
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)