unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
making (a book, etc.) into a film; adapting for the screen
all of the United States; the whole of the USA; all of North and South America; the entire Americas
upper half of the body; upper body
lower half of the body; nether parts
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything
percent; per cent; percentage
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
end; close; conclusion; termination
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
piece of evidence; evidence
knowing only one thing (and repeating it often); saying the only thing one knows (at every opportunity); repeating the only thing one knows
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
teaching oneself; learning by oneself; self-study
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to master something (through personal experience)
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order