direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
complicated and mysterious
noble; lofty; high-minded
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
childhood friend; old playmate
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
to put on airs; to assume importance
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
pride; boast; credit (to)
3000; three thousand; many
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)