smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
of great promise; with a promising future
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
final; eventual; ultimate
surely; certainly; without doubt
unconditionally; as a rule
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to feel a chill run down one's spine
meaning; called; named; that says; that
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
difference; discrepancy; variation
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; (lit.) if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
way of calling (something or someone)
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
in public; in company; in the presence of others
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour