maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
one day; (on) a certain day
celebration; auspicious occasion
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
power; authority; influence
beyond oneself; beyond one's ability; exceeding one's power
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
negative thinking; pessimism
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
tips of one's hair; hair ends
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse; to make a pretext of
return journey; one's way home; one's way back
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
treating someone like a child
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
(innocent) mind of a child; childish mind
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
with a (cry of) "ah!"; with a shout (of surprise, shock, etc.); in surprise; in astonishment
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
to cause someone to worry