to talk (a person) down; to confute
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
fortune-telling; divination
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
group; party; team; squad; section
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
opinion; point of view; visual point
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
making efficient; optimization
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
priority; order of precedence
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving