congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
abnormal phenomenon; anomaly
to not believe one's ears
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
high spirits; gleeful mood
to slip out (of words, remarks, etc.); to pour from one's lips; to blurt out
standard; set; routine; decided
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
volley (of fire); salvo; fusillade; simultaneous firing (of guns or artillery)
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
close to the wall; alongside the wall
brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint
menstruation; menstrual period
day by day; every day; by the day
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
on and after; from ... onward; since
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
being isolated; being separated; being cut off