billboard; advertising sign
to make an appearance; to show up
another dimension; different level; whole other level
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
how; in what way; how about; questionable
cannot handle (it) any longer; fed up with; enough is enough
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
different opinion; objection
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
conditionally; with conditions attached
don't worry; no worries; never mind
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
had better ...; had better not ...
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
speech; expression; wording; language
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
one by one; in detail; minutely
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill