no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
review (of learned material); revision
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
forcibly; against one's will
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
review; reconsideration; revision
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
just past noon; afternoon
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack