cheep cheep; tweet tweet; gently (moving)
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
manners; behavior; behaviour
no loss or gain; coming out even
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
objection; dissent; protest
by sheer strength; by brute force
just managing; with great difficulty
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
global positioning system; GPS
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
and; thereupon; because of that
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
belatedly; though a little too late
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
station wagon; estate car; minivan; people carrier
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
back door; tailgate; back door; back door (pitch)
large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
(nature, etc.) observation diary
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
stand of trees planted to control the movement of sand
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to get used to living (in); to live (somewhere) for a long time