antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
sympathy; compassion; pity
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
choice; selection; option
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
not understanding; not knowing
then; well; so; well then
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
ten; 10; ten years of age
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to be manageable; to be able to handle
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables