detailed inspection; thorough examination; checking
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
cosmetics; beauty products; toiletries; makeup
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
blue Monday; Monday blues
to become better; to improve
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
society for the study of manga; manga club
rationalization; justification
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
presentation techniques; way of showing something
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
very; extremely; absurd; ridiculous; excessive; extreme
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
retention; maintenance; preservation
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; self-loving
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
(of skin) to peel off (e.g. from sunburn); to improve; to become more refined
tracing; trail left in the snow (by mountaineers); following (a trail of footprints); trace (of a matrix)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land
moving to new seats; moving to new desks
over-the-knee socks; overknee socks
partially consumed drink; partially consuming a drink
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
half-moon; half a month; semicircle