dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
well-bred; of good upbringing
to be within one's capabilities; to be easy to chew
triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three important requisites
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
quadruple time; four-four time; common time; the four instruments in the accompanying orchestra in noh, etc. (flute, floor drum, small hand drum, large hand drum)
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
to become used to the (ways of the) world; to become worldly or sophisticated
acrobatics; risky undertaking
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
older sister; elder sister
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
to run away; to escape safely
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story; bullshit
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
matter of concern; matter of interest
unless one ...; if one does not ...
great and small; in detail; all
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be
intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.); striking out; cancellation (of a debt); writing off; indicating a long vowel with a long-vowel mark; long-vowel mark
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption