opening and shutting; opening and closing
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory town
fear of heights; acrophobia
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
transfer; transport; removal
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to stop walking; to pause
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
(doing something) in tears
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
action of making something; -ification
unspecified large number (of people)
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
caterpillar track; continuous track
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to fall on one's backside
archery; mapping; map; morphism