simultaneously; all at once; in unison
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
mediation; good offices; go-between; building a bridge
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
I am not going to fall for that trick; that trick won't work on me
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
information; making a report (to a superior)
to come out completely; to be fully expressed (of views, ideas, etc.); to be aired fully; to be exhausted; to run out
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
esophagus; oesophagus; gullet
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
manly; masculine; like a man
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
way (of doing); manner; method
to throw up a smoke screen; to put up a false front; to purposely mislead
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
(external) examination of a body to determine the time and cause of death (carried out by a doctor)
support; backing; patronage
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
to blame; to find fault with
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread
boiled and half-dried bonito
large, broad-shouldered physique (esp. that of a middle-aged man); big build
stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill
crystalline lens (of the eye)