speech and conduct; words and deeds
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
sense of values; values; value system
to be conspicuous; to stand out
way of reciting; way of telling a story
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
to talk; to chat; to chatter
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
greeting; a fine thing to say
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
last night; yesterday evening
to pick up; to find; to gather
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
suspicious-looking; fishy
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction