crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
carefree; free from worry
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to defy conventional wisdom
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
late at night; at a late hour
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
to grow taller (of people)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up