to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
is that so?; I see; right; oh
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
grudge; complaint; reproach
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
class; heading; group; category
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to some extent; to a certain extent
preface; introduction; preamble
both hands; both arms; ten
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent