company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
to polish up; to shine up
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
age thirty; one's thirties
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
to lead (someone) by the nose; to twist (someone) around one's little finger
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself
nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
villain; baddie; the villain's part
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to encamp; to take up positions
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
tipsy; pleasantly drunk; mellow; entranced; enchanted; captivated
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
impossibly hard video game