stupid brat; son of a bitch
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
match; game; bout; contest
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw
to make over (clothing); to have altered; to renovate
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
broadband; brokers' broker
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
restoration; repair; mending
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
mental derangement; madness; insanity
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
commitment; pledge; promise
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
now that you say that; now that you mention it
desperation; struggle to the death
fishing; collecting shells; fisherman