(physical) growth; development
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; babble; gibberish; jargon
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
risky; dangerous; insecure
to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask; (lit.) to take the veneer off something
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
unbroken; uninterrupted; continuous
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
to flare up; to burst into flames
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
to be smeared; to be covered
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays