to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
it's been a long time; long time no see
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
wedded life; married life
to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face
to read the situation; to sense the mood
southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
divorce; dissolution of adoption
family; relatives; dependents; household
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
hot topic; talk of the town
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
advancing money; temporary payment for someone else; payment on behalf of another party, with the expectation of being reimbursed later
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)