stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
to explain adequately; to be accountable
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
irrational (line of) argument
student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
pupil; student; schoolchild
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
in advance; beforehand; previously
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
half and half; fifty-fifty
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest