far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
with a loud smack; whack; slap; crack; snap
things at hand; personal belongings
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm (interest, commitment, etc.); difference in attitude
(thick) scarf; muffler; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
user; end-user; consumer; patron; customer; client
Alice; Alliss; Alyce; Arisu
chief for the day (PR event in which a celebrity heads a police, fire, etc. department for a day)
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
incessant working; working non-stop
courtesy call; courtesy visit
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.
dressing room; green room; backstage; inside story; confidential talk; hidden circumstances
rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
catalog; catalogue; inventory; menu
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
eardrum; tympanic membrane
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...