coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
educational institution; school; academy; campus
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
re-education; retraining; in-service training
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to take back; to recapture
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
how many years; how long; what year
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts