to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
hint; intimation; suggestion; inkling
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
richly colored; richly coloured
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
district; section; sector
level ground; plain; flatland
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
situated deep in the mountains