undisputed; entirely; perfect
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
serious; not joking; straight
finish; end; completion; result
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
seasoning; flavour; flavor
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
way; method; means; resource; course
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
crumply (cloth, clothing, etc.); ruffled; itchy and runny (nose)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
mark indicating that the order of the adjacent characters is to be reversed (for reading kanbun in Japanese word order); check mark; tick mark
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to be slippery; to be slimy; to behave charmingly; to walk merrily
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking