to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to begin to walk; to set out
(the art of) storytelling
classification; categorization; sorting
men and women of all ages
to accept; to receive; to agree
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
Naruto kintoki; sweet potato grown in sandy soil
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
snake; serpent; large snake