year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
small fraction; small proportion
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
together with; same; both; all; including ...
comparatively; relatively
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
guess; speculation; supposition
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
gripe session; grievance session
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
extrasensory perception; ESP
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
climax; peak; zenith; apex
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
teatime; tea break; coffee break
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
companion; follower; attendant; retinue