having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
to hug; to clasp to one's breast
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
maintaining the status quo
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
to take someone's life; to kill someone
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
homeroom; form room; form class
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
school festival; campus festival
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
preparatory phase; preparatory period
start; commencement; beginning; initiation