reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
spirit; heart; disposition
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
elderly handyman; elderly manservant
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
thoroughly; carefully; deliberately; seriously; fully
cruiser (i.e. warship or cabin cruiser)
thicket; bush; clump of bushes
discrimination; discernment; identification
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
smelting furnace; blast furnace
spirit world; underworld; the next world
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
occasional; infrequent; rare
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
to leave (a scene); to step away
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
hateful; detestable; loathsome
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to have a reason; to have an excuse
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise