very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
successively; one after another
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
and; thereupon; because of that
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
changing clothes; change of clothes
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to blow off; to be blown off
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
hiding one's embarrassment
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
various parties or factions; minor parties