halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
from here; from this place
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
to hug; to clasp to one's breast
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to get between; to be caught in
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
brimming with youthful enthusiasm; in high spirits; raring to go; overflowing with youthful energy; acting all cute and charged up
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
manners; behavior; behaviour
trial product; prototype model
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses; biased view; preconceived view
first of all; in the first place
great writer; major writer
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)