(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
sit-up; abdominal muscles; abs
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
living; lifestyle; living room
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
just past noon; afternoon
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to be greedy; to devour greedily
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to relapse; to reassert; to review
to approach; to draw near
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
articles; supplies; parts
physical education; PE; gym (class)
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
to pay the bill; to settle an account
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
locker room; changing room; dressing room
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall