stir-fry; fried food (cooked in wok, frying pan, etc.)
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
due form; official; formality
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
immediately; at once; right away; directly; in person; first hand
several minutes; a few minutes
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
briskly; quickly; promptly
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
silence (not speaking); muteness
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
out-of-school; off-campus
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing