witty (happy, apt) remark; well-worded saying; epigram; aphorism
preface; introduction; preamble
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
letter; missive; note; mail
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
offender; criminal; culprit
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
covered with; stained; smeared
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
space (room, area, outer space)