important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
dumbfounded; open-mouthed
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
to keep away; to keep at a distance
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
blocking the way; standing in the way
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
minute adjustment; fine tuning
openly; in public; without caring what others think
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
being startled; getting a shock