to step on; to trample down; to tread on
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
patience; endurance; perseverance
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
silence (not speaking); muteness
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
speech; expression; wording; language
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
president (of a society); chairman
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
now that; since; so long as; because
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
training; drill; practice; discipline
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
ignorant of the ways of the world
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to say; to be pleased to say
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
of tender years; very young
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin