growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
birds of a feather flock together
special promotion (in rank or grade)
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
waste of time; killing time
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to throw into; to toss into
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
will not do; do not; does not
parting; separation; farewell
contradiction; inconsistency
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
mask; disguise; guise; mask
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
you (plural); all of you; you all
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision