to be eloquent; to have a way with words
(clenched) fist; knuckles
school rules; school regulations
reason; cause; history; origin
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
idealistic thought (argument)
ignorant of the ways of the world
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
expression of love; showing love
of course; certainly; naturally
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
gesture; gesticulation; motion
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
questions and answers; dialogue
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
achievement of one's goal; goal achievement
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
before it happens; previously
normal practice; proper practice
wounded person; injured person
possessed of a strong sense of duty