far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
true friend; close friend
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
two by two; by twos; as a couple
to surround; to crowd around
stereotyped; stereotypical; invariable; like clockwork; regular
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
man; male; masculine gender
personal organiser (e.g. Filofax)
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
round; spherical; circular
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
to be expensive; to be costly
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
leaving everything up to someone else
question; question (mark)
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
whispered conversation; whispering
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)