to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
quarrel; dispute; argument
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
chemical substances; chemicals
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
(wearing only) a pair of underpants
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
to unfold; to unroll; to open
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
deviation; departure; omission
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
saving changes (e.g. to a file)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen