one room apartment; studio apartment
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
to complete decisively; to do to completion
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
wrestler (esp. pro wrestler)
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
source of information; intelligence source; message source
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
disgusting; gross; bad feeling; weird
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to eat too much; to overeat
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)