to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
that; the matter in question
and then; and so; and; so then
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
to change (one's clothes)
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
faint-inducing; dizzying; overwhelming; mind-numbing; staggering
burnable garbage; burnable waste
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
to spend time (on doing something)
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
major incident; major happening; big scandal
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
influence; effect; impact
fiction; fabrication; concoction
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
contradiction; inconsistency
several sheets (flat objects)
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely