astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
way; method; means; resource; course
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to head home; to leave for home
apologies for the crude food
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
impossible to do (although wants to)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to speak ill of; to disparage
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to keep to oneself; to keep secret
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now