pretending to know; claiming to have an answer
all-out confrontation; total confrontation
to waste time; to kill time
default; default (setting)
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
disaster film; disaster movie
inexcusable; unjustifiable; sorry; remorseful; excuse me; (I'm) sorry
respect and affection; love and respect
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
cheating (on one's husband); adultery; male lover (of a married woman); paramour
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
romantic film; love movie
selling of digital downloads (e.g. music, e-books, software); download sales; digital distribution
(bank) balance; remainder
dubbed version (of a film, etc.)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
condition; state of preservation
hoarding; storing away (without using)
treating (someone) like an object
new discovery; new invention
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
locker room; changing room; dressing room
diet; dieting; losing weight (through dieting, exercise, etc.)
aristocracy system; aristocracy
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
reserving; storing; setting aside; laying away