no!; no no!; no, not at all
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
woman who is popular with men
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
indicate reason; infers some protest
boy; son; baby boy; young man
consecutive victories; series of victories
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
secret; private; surreptitious
centre of attention; center of attention
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful