tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
reception hours; opening hours
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
answering machine; answerphone
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
putting life into; animating; cheering up
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
nothing but; none other than
to make one feel grateful
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
artist; painter; illustrator