to re-tailor; to have altered; to remake (clothing); to renovate
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
measurement round the hips
very loose; slowly; leisurely
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
way; method; means; (technical) specification
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
to be hesitant; to feel timid
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to take off one's glasses
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
undeserved honor (honour); too great an honour
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
main text; original text; this book; this volume
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
seasoning; flavour; flavor
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology