speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to badger; to pester; to beg
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
competing; competition; auction
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
to need; to call for; to require
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
young man who has a feminine aesthetic
to live; to make a living; to get on with
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
such ... as; or some such
utmost limits; extremity; limit
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to give; to do (something) for
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
whitebait; immature sweetfish
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to drink up; to drain (cup)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
bing-bong bang-bong (Big Ben chimes, used as a bell in Japanese schools)
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said