regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
genius; prodigy; natural gift
thereupon; shortly thereafter
story; tale; talk; discussion
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
technique; art; skill; move
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
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
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve