diligent; absorbed (in something)
daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
natural calamity; disaster
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
catch (fishing); amount of fish caught; caught fish
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
letting (someone) die without helping
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
since when; from when; how long
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
just past noon; afternoon
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
waiting for the traffic lights to change
cesspool; sink; manure sink
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
to smash; to break into pieces
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
good feeling; feeling good
leaving everything up to someone else
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly