to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
calamity; disaster; misfortune
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
summit meeting; top-level conference
in the end; at the end of the day
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
postwar period; period after Second World War
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
support; backing; patronage
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
topic of discussion; agenda
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far