insolent fellow; rude fellow
compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case
every year; yearly; annually
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
to sew up; to sew together
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)
chocolate chips; chocolate chip
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
festival; feast; carnival
something; something or other; something something
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
understood; I see; OK; present; here
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another