spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
match; game; bout; contest
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
hot topic; talk of the town
the other day; a few days ago
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
interference; intervention; meddling
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
smoothly; easily; readily
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
appearing to have; seeming to be
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
G; g; gram; (acceleration due to) gravity; giga-; gravitational constant; gauss
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
daytime; noon; broad daylight
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
book of oral narratives; story book
to be absorbed in reading
quite; utterly; really; completely