while fumbling one's words; with a stutter
wide difference; a world of difference
proper; right; reasonable
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
hard (life); tough (world)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
almost every day; almost daily
each and all; every single one; everybody
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
perhaps; maybe; by some chance
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
irony; rhetorical question
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
pretending to be more experienced than one actually is; acting as though one is knowledgeable about something
energy; military strength
hardcore crowd; people who take their hobby or interest very seriously
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
to look away; to turn away
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
opposite side; other side
contradiction; inconsistency
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
to become calm; to die down
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
still; even now; to this day