to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
to say (something) over one's shoulder
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to pass away; to join the majority; (lit.) to enter the death register
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers; holding a cigarette in one's mouth
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
to make a note (of); to take a note (of)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to stop midway; to interrupt
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
recorder (e.g. tape recorder, time recorder); recording device; recorder (musical instrument); English flute
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
guess; conjecture; surmise
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
river; stream; River; the ... river
leader; central personage
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
to break the tape (at the finishing line); to breast the tape