first meeting; first interview with
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
formal marriage interview
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
all varieties of flowers; many flowers
disorder; disturbance; unrest
school building; schoolhouse
virtualization; virtualisation
to do someone in; to bump someone off
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
older sister; elder sister
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
certainly; surely; definitely
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance