conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
the other day; a few days ago
to be confused; to be in disorder; to be chaotic; to have troubles; to be in a dispute; to argue
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
to cease; to stop; to be over
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
unable to do one's work; can't get anything done
buying price; cost price; purchase price
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
trade; buying and selling
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to wander; to roam from place to place
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)