quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
laughing foolishly; cackling
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
food and drink; eating and drinking
port city; harbor city; harbour city
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to taste; to try (food or drink)
so what!; who gives a damn?
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
wrong; different; not like that
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
to mistake (A for B); to misread
the last moment; the very end
top of the head; crown of the head
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
downward compatible; backward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; upward compatible; forward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.
why; how come; unfortunately; alas
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule