to exert oneself greatly; to take pains; to make efforts; to break a bone
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
bad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness
indescribable; having no way to express
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
older brother and younger sister
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural
boastful speech; bragging
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
number of days (times) one has attended
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
to stand aside; to step to the side; to move aside
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
counterintelligence; counterespionage
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
confusion; mixing; merger
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to be saved up (of money)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long