triple feature (e.g. movie)
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
woman who missed the chance of getting married (because she is too old)
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
dignitaries; very important persons; luminaries; big shots; VIPs
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
sincerity; true heart; devotion
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to be heartbroken; to have one's heart break; to be overwhelmed with grief
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
hostile relations; hostile relationship
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
finger flick to the forehead
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
being too late; losing one's final chance
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
best friend; very close friend
lot area; site area; plottage; lot size
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout