clam sauce pasta; vongole (e.g. spaghetti alle vongole)
shellfish; seashell; shell
main school; principal school; this school; our school
to knock (someone) off their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
old woman; joker (in old maid)
to kill; to choke the life out of
becoming old; grain or plant harvested more than a year ago
cheap article; poor-quality article
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
busiest and most profitable business period; peak season
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
elopement; running away with a lover
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
having a garden; with a garden
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
favoritism; favouritism; partiality
degenerate; pervert; deviant
persistent; stubborn; sticky; viscous; viscous temperament (in Kretschmer's classification); epileptoid temperament
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
hereabouts; around there; that area
motor scooter; moped; motorized bicycle
strike (i.e. industrial action)
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
steady; steady relationship; going steady
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
(mixture of) ground beef and pork
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
cannot contain one's anger; can't contain myself; staying angry
hotcake; (American) pancake
letter affixed to an arrow
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
business; work; operations; service; duties
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
third principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; downward stroke
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis