being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
question; inquiry; enquiry
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to scatter away; to vanish
interference; intervention; meddling
will not do; do not; does not
that is to say; so that means
to have meaning; to be meaningful
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
bloomers; (girls') gym shorts
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
trivia; snippet of knowledge
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
although I say; although one might say; although called
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
packhorse; workhorse; hack
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
classical form of martial art
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
people; men and women; each person; everybody