hotcake; (American) pancake
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
in perfect form; going swimmingly
sullenly; discontentedly; with hurt feelings
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
showcase; display case; vitrine
championship; title (of champion)
speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to speak ill of; to disparage
highest grade; superlative degree
raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
competent; suitable; qualified
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
rude; impolite; mannerless; snotty
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
difficult to obtain; difficult to get
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
abuse; misuse; perversion
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down