yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
sampling food; tasting; trying
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
ethnic food (esp. Asian, African, etc.)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
I told you so; you see that?
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
although I say; although one might say; although called
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
school tradition; school customs; school spirit
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
senior; elder; person older than oneself
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation