common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
substitution; alternative; substitute
crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees
stark naked; completely naked; nude
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
around the world; throughout the world
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
dark clouds; black clouds
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
two days later; day after next; next day but one
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
what sort of; what kind of; what way
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
change; transformation; inversion
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
profound; deep; unfathomable; esoteric
to think of; to give one's thought to
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
point of agreement; common ground; meeting ground
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
difficult problem; challenge
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school