to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
three; three years of age
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
to torment; to harass; to tease
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
sanity; consciousness; soberness
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to come to an end; to close the curtain
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school
first meeting; first contest between
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...