bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
having a romantic interest; (lit.) having a pulse
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
starting line; starting point
younger scholar; future reference
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
zip fastener; slide fastener; Zipper (tradename)
to find out; to discover; to detect
comparatively; relatively
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
right side; right-hand side
to be smeared; to be covered
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
to keep (a person) waiting
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
to apologize; to apologise
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off