grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to appear all together; to be all present
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
Iron Chef (Japanese television program, 1993-1999)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
same crime; being equally guilty
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
just the other day; quite recently