fast-talking; rapid talking
listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; interview (with a client, etc.); survey; (public) hearing
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
morning edition (of a daily newspaper); morning paper
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
question of where responsibility lies; issue of where liability lies; question of who is responsible
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
stock holdings; one's shares
defense contractor; defence contractor; defense industry; defence industry
outside one's field; out of one's line; (sibling) from a different mother
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the bush
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
excursion; field trip; school trip
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration