representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
fleshing out (e.g. a plan); giving substance (to); modeling; modelling
blood vessel; blood relationship
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
to mess around; to get carried away; to press one's luck
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
bloom of youth; prime of girlhood
to apologize; to apologise
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
high magnification (telescope, etc.); high power
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
close; intimate; on good terms
nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
leader of a charge; first to arrive
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
by your leave; with your permission
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
enough; too many; too much
to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle