direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
very popular; highly favoured
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
husband and wife; married couple
one by one; in detail; minutely
hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
sensual love; love affair
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly
low kick (e.g. in fighting)
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
anaconda (esp. the green anaconda, Eunectes murinus)
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
sleeping late in the morning; sleeping in; lie-in; late riser; person who is bad at getting up in the morning
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
after school (at the end of the day)
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
make good use of; make the most of
running; tank top (worn as an undergarment or sportswear); vest; singlet
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
soccer club (at a school); football club
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
treasure chest; strongbox
to come and go; to go back and forth
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
monster cat; cat with magical powers