friendly chat; relaxed conversation; informal meeting
how long; how far; how much
the whole day; all the day
final; eventual; ultimate
tedious; boring; being fed up with
(suffering a) decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
cheap and low-quality play; performance not worth paying to see; transparent act; see-through scheming
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
to run up to; to rush over
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
offender; criminal; culprit
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!