to apologize; to apologise
walking heavily; lumbering
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
on countless occasions; many a time
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
light; faint; pale; fleeting
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
I see; that's right; indeed
explanation; interpretation
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
society; public; community; social studies
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to torment; to harass; to tease
civic guidance; non-curricular educational guidance; medical guidance
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
physical education; PE; gym (class)
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
pupil; student; schoolchild
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
caricature; cartoon; comics
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan