filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
sharp parting remark; parting threat
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
according to plan; as planned
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
ending up right back where one started
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
restoration; repair; mending
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
to accept; to receive; to agree
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
attendance (at school); going to school
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to close (one's eyes); to shut
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
in the same way as; just like
manners; courtesy; etiquette
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
moment by moment; hour by hour
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
almost every day; almost daily
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
villain; baddie; the villain's part
point of compromise; common ground
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
outrageous lie; outright lie