to summon courage; to be brave
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
manly; masculine; like a man
to become vulgar; to coarsen
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
looking away; looking aside
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
inflammatory; lascivious; sensational
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
job; work; duties; trade; skill
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
colour; color; hue; tints
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
green grass; young (fresh) grass
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
haori (Japanese formal coat)
immediately; at once; instantly
one's best interests; one's own good