plan; device; scheme; thoughts or suggestions about a law
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering (to a point)
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to tumble down; to roll down
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to lend an ear to; to listen to
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to be needed; to be wanted
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
difficult to ...; hard to ...
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to grimace; to make a wry face
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible