character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
adviser; advisor; consultant
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
directions; instructions; orders; command
memory; sense; experience
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
proposal; proposition; suggestion
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
trouble; quarrel; dispute
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
with a start; with a jump
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing