operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
family structure; family composition; family makeup
older sister; elder sister
January; first month of the lunar calendar
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
audiovisual; adult video; porn video; pornographic video
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
bad behavior; misbehavior
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
desperation; self-abandonment
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
dull sound; muffled sound
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow