difference; disparity; gap
fundamental knowledge; the basics
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
interior; inside; internal
to continue to work; to work away (at)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
coquettish; teasing; mischievous; devilish
expectation; anticipation; forecast
way out; means to escape; escape route
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to get strong; to gain strength
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
one act (of a play); scene; event
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
if you think about it; come to think of it
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
influence; clout; leverage
they; those guys; those fellows
you can never be too careful; you can't be too cautious; better safe than sorry
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
Battle Royale (novel by Kōshun Takami, 1999; film, 2000)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to remain married for life; to live as a married couple until death; to succeed in marrying