thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
at once; immediately; right now
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
single word; a few words; brief comment
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
much less; to say nothing of
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
determination; resolution
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
memories; recollections; reminiscence
forcibly; against one's will
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
another thing; exception; special case