to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
private car; private automobile
red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)
rotating warning light similar to the one on a patrol car
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
going the wrong way; traveling in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running in reverse (of a motor, engine, etc.)
(how) many times; (how) often
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
reply; response; -less; sexless (relationship); loess
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)
to (be able to) agree (with); to be able to accept; to find acceptable; to be convinced; to understand
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to stop (plug) one's ears
at the top of one's voice
to overdo; to do too much
to tuck up (a kimono skirt); to tuck in; to make short (a story, explanation, etc.); to cut short; to abridge
standing close together; bristling (with)
Post-it®; Post-it note; sticky note
appointed date of delivery; delivery time; due date for payment; period for payment; deadline (for payment or delivery)
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker