(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
place; position; location; position; standing; status
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
success or failure; outcome; result
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along a surface; being slippery
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
good policy; wise policy; best plan
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
reopening; resumption; restarting
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
start button (e.g. in Windows)
long-awaited; much-awaited
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object