to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to harm; to cause harm to
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
long ago; already; a long time ago
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
choices; alternatives; options
by myself; in person; by oneself
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to go out and away; to leave
if you think about it; come to think of it
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
question; inquiry; enquiry
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
construction; establishment
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
in the meanwhile; during the time