background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
to redeem (from sin); to save
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
major stockholder; large shareholder
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
final; eventual; ultimate
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
combination; arrangement; distribution; (arch.) marrying off
writing; composition; essay; sentence
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
heaven and earth; top and bottom
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona