implicit agreement; tacit understanding
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
eloquent; glib; talkative; smooth talker; glib talker
to talk (a person) down; to confute
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
changing one's attitude or response according who one is talking to or dealing with
quiet; dependable; uniform; (politically) moderate
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
pleased to make your acquaintance
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
starting line; starting point
being one or more laps behind (in a race); being behind the times
jumble (of two or several things); mix
with a start; with a jump
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal