bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
the scruff or nape of the neck
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
(one's) quota; assignment
habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation
unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
natto (fermented soybeans)
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
natto bacteria (Bacillus subtilis var. natto)
to have a taste (of something); to sample; to try
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
well known; well connected
man of the hour; woman of the hour
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
constable; method of catching criminals
fate; destiny; predestination
bad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
carnivorousness; carnivorous
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress