taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
second marriage; remarriage
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
presence; sitting with; being with
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
good performance; good work; great success
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
madly in love; completely charmed (by); from the heart; entirely; (arch.) bottom of one's heart
one thin flat object; one sheet
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
phone duty; being on call
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
in that way; like that; that way