mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
young tuna (esp. northern bluefin tuna under 1 meter)
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
capacity; volume; capacitance
involving only the parties concerned; tete-a-tete
dubious document; anonymous document containing defamatory statements
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
talk about divorce or separation
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something