circuitous; roundabout; indirect
continuing to pitch; staying at one's post; staying on at work
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
banning of books; banned book
modifying the random-number generation; RNG manipulation
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)
to divide in two; to divide in half; to divide (among); to apportion; to portion out
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
as you can imagine; as imagined
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
very shy person; bashful person
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
high five; high touch (involvement of personal attention and service)
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
although there are many of them
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
to count on one's fingers
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
the instruction of a teacher