to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
finish; end; completion; result
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
legal; lawful; legitimate
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
looking great with makeup
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl
bromide; publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
club activities; extracurricular activities
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
vocal sound; tone of voice
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
to let out a roar (hum, groan, moan); to produce a loud noise
in order; in turn; one by one