prejudice; bias; distorted view
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to be injured; to sustain a wound
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
such a thing; something like that
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
letting (someone) die without helping
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
useless; worthless; silly; trivial
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps