to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
terminal (electricity); pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller); port (e.g. LAN port)
price increase; rise in price
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
that is to say; so that means
difficult to ...; hard to ...
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time