personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric); creases in an eboshi hat
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
not necessarily so; is not always true
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
repentance; confession; penitence
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
burlesque; low comedy; farce
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
by myself; in person; by oneself
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
anything and everything; just about everything
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
the opposite sex; isomerism
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
present continuous tense; present progressive form
man; male; masculine gender