unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to frolic about; to mess around
someone who is suddenly quiet and meek; (lit.) borrowed cat
respect and affection; love and respect
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to get angry; to lose one's temper
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to check; to stop; to keep back
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
hook (esp. for clothing); hook and eye; snap fastener; press stud; hock (white wine)
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
lined curtain; opaque curtain
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
to be tired of looking at
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
center; centre; metropolis
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
separate case; another matter
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
system; institution; organization; organisation