having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
offender; transgressor; violator
though; even if; whether ... or ...
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to be consistent; to be coherent
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
craftsman; skilled artisan
great person; eminent figure
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
standing close together; bristling (with)
selfishness; selfish motive
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
boasting; bragging; big talk; conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
founder; originator; pioneer
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
cheap article; poor-quality article
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful