sanity; consciousness; soberness
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
(having) two choices; choice between two things
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to seize; to grab; to collar
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
moderate; proper; just right
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
killing two birds with one stone
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
individual differences; personal equation
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
promising without due consideration
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
commitment; pledge; promise
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
ancestor; forefather; foremother
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
little by little; bit by bit
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
sign; indication; omen; symptom
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
commencing with; including
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
feelings; thoughts; meaning
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down