to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
what time; (lit.) which hour
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
changing one's clothes; a change of clothes
Privy Council (abolished in 1947)
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
the matter you have been talking about
quick; rapid; swift; satisfactory
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
foster father; adoptive father
business ability; business acumen
quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever
government; administration
only recently; just of late
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
in search of; in order to look for
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
a dime a dozen; two a penny
in accordance with plans; just as planned
prayer (for something); supplication
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy