reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
power; authority; jurisdiction
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
having said that; be that as it may
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
effective temperature; wind-chill index (factor)
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
how others look at you; what others think about you
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to be opposite; to face each other
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
holding hands with fingers interlocked
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to be reminded of; to call to mind
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another