label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
familiarity (of a sound, etc.)
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
conference room; council room
hostility; animosity; enmity
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
beautification; glorification
to need; to call for; to require
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
please (give me); please (do for me)
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
but; however; provided that
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
scene; sight; scenario; setting
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
leopardess; female leopard
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
concession; conciliation; compromise
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
(turned out) all right in the end
evil spirit (that can possess people)
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
untreated; left unattended (to); still to be dealt with; unprocessed
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose