earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
toning down; calming down; slowing down; mollification
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
vocational school; technical school
of course; certainly; naturally
the opposite sex; isomerism
in one's own way or style
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
south-southeast; south-south-east
stealthily; secretly; in secret
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
archipelago; group of islands
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)