amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
to have confidence in one's own abilities
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
only recently; just of late
after many twists and turns; after much trouble
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
true character; real nature
lust; sexual appetite; carnal desire
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
confirmation; certification; ascertainment
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
while being out of the office or away from home
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)