before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
insurance; guarantee; warranty
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
to give directions; to issue instructions
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
to be expensive; to be costly
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)
SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
command; lead; generalship; leadership
having a strong alkaline taste; harsh to the taste; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
settlement out of court; private settlement
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (of a geisha, prostitute, etc.)
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly