cease-fire; truce; armistice
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
contrived; false-sounding
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
so what!; who gives a damn?
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
to act self-importantly; to be arrogant; to be high-handed; to puff up
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
head; brains; intelligence
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
something small; something petty; trifle
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
being about to cry; the verge of tears
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
habitual offender; addict
to trample; to crush underfoot
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
baa (sound of a sheep); meh
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to shut in; to confine; to contain
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
but; however; even though; even if