online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
trauma (usu. psychological)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
only; merely; but; no more than
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to slide into; to slip into
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
genuine; authentic; true; real
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
passing through without stopping; passing by
ultrasonic waves; ultrasound
(not so) much; (not) very
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
in swarms; in great crowds