to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber
separate; special; another; separately
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
conscious; deliberate; intentional
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to lick off; to take (something) off by licking
more than usual; especially; particularly
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes