crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
passionate; ardent; enthusiastic
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
to be photographed; to be projected
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
tool; implement; means; furniture
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up
the other day; lately; recently
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy