brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
good wife and wise mother
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
matter of time; question of time
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
burnable garbage; burnable waste
nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos); Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
great admiration; deep respect
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
best friend; very close friend
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
orders; instructions; directive; command
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role