making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
runs batted in; RBI; position of a ball when struck (e.g. in tennis, volleyball)
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
how; in what way; in what manner
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
frequency (of occurrence)
battle of wits; contest of wits
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
hidden; non-display; to hide (window, etc.)
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to be smeared; to be covered
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
covered with; stained; smeared
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
moment by moment; hour by hour
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale