point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
either way; in any case; one way or another
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
dozens; scores of; decades
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
single-person cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
to drag around; to pull about; to lead around (by the nose)
to sentence; to assign a penalty
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound