for today; for the time being
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
par; equivalence; face value; parity
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
digital versatile disc; DVD
line-up (of players, products, etc.); lineup
commercial (on radio, TV, etc.); advertisement; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.); preview
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
how many years; how long; what year
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
(not) even once; (not) ever
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
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
American Civil War (1861-1865)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus