neat and clean; tidy; trim
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
global maximum; greatest value
long (time that has passed); old (story)
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
pup; puppy; whelp; damn dog; mutt
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
true state; actual condition; reality
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
plump; with a thud; heavily
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
form; method; system; formula
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to compose; to put together
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
unfortunately; sorry, but ...