assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
everybody; every last one of them; all
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
unseasonable; out of season
Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
a long time ago; in those days
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
loveable; very likeable; like very much
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
true friend; close friend
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
even if; even though; however; no matter how
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
shopping; purchased goods
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
and; thereupon; because of that
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
all night long; all through the night
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
rest; break; recess; intermission
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence