I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
ten; 10; ten years of age
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
decreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking; declining
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
finally; in the end; on top of all that
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
motive power; driving force
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to rank next to; to come after
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump upon (a moving object)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
to be gluttonous; to be greedy; to be voracious; to eat like a horse
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism