some; several; many; how many; how much; very
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
secret meeting; clandestine meeting
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
several sheets (flat objects)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
photographer; photograph-taker; filmer; recorder
nonparticipation; nonattendance
performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
real photograph (printed on photo stock); original photograph
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
(on the) right track; (on the) right lines
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
no need to guess; certainly
sex shop; adult shop; porn shop
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead
difficult to approach; inaccessible
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
vicious circle; vicious cycle
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely