to squash; to crush; to flatten
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
to entrust; to leave to a person
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to fill one's heart; to overcome one
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to run about; to rush about
retreating figure; appearance from behind
high heels; high-heeled shoes
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
very young; little; childish; immature
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
rice and curry; curry rice
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
society; the world; the times