to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
to check; to stop; to keep back
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
infancy; childhood; tender age
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
complete lie; outright lie
something like ...; something called ...
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
to not believe one's ears
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
shyness; bashfulness; shame
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful conduct; shameful sight
bolt from the blue; great surprise
discipline; training; teaching manners
to do over; to remake; to resume
don't talk nonsense; (lit.) sleep talk after you go to sleep
base rock; country rock; gangue; host rock; mother rock; parent rock
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
network-attached storage; NAS
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
ponzu mixed with grated daikon
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
cream puff shell; choux pastry
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to