to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
to give oneself airs; to be prudish
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
early on; earlier on; from early
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to crack; to develop a crack
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
fallen angel; Lucifer; demon; Satan
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed); musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
stochastic; probabilistic
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
vigilance committee; vigilante corps
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to kick (into something, e.g. a goal)
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)