to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
younger people; future generations
to be remembered; to go down in history
witty (happy, apt) remark; well-worded saying; epigram; aphorism
preface; introduction; preamble
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
(fully) exposed; bare; uncovered; in full view; undisguised; broad (accent)
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
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); 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 rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
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
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 learn; to study; to take lessons in
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)