good feeling; feeling good
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
cold reception; unwelcoming treatment
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
courtesy call; courtesy visit
judicial affairs; clerical duty (in a temple)
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
spine; backbone; spinal column
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to lie down; to throw oneself down
cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
normal temperature; room temperature; constant temperature; fixed temperature
easy to drink; easy to swallow; quaffable
manners; behavior; behaviour
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
brush up (i.e. fine tune, polish up, revise)
attendance at the House (Diet)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
near; close; beside; third person
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
growth (to maturity); being brought up; growing up; raising
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
handsome man; actor in a love scene