to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
at a moment's notice; readily
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
tool; implement; means; furniture
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
fusion; melting; liquefaction
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
sterilization by boiling; sterilisation by boiling
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
exemplar; model; example; pattern
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive