honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
younger scholar; future reference
although I say; although one might say; although called
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to thrust before; to thrust at
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
signature phrase; signature saying
uncertainty; inaccuracy; incorrectness
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
third day of the month; three days
battle royal (pro wrestling); battle royale (game genre)
to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
hit (of a bullet, shell, etc.); impact
to master something (through personal experience)
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
otherwise; or else; if not
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)