two days before; day before yesterday
to approach; to draw near
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
bad poem; my humble poem; stooped over (e.g. old people); bowed; stalling; having a relapse
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
without showing any sign of; without giving the slightest indication of; without saying anything of; without breathing a word of
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
redoing; doing over again
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
throwing up; vomiting; croaking (of a frog); ribbit ribbit; gross!; yuck!
gross; disgusting; sickening
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
I doubt it (card game); cheat; bluff; I doubt that; no way; you're fibbing
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
narrator; storyteller; reciter
to hit hard; to strike hard
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to frolic about; to mess around
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
official announcement; proclamation
distrust; unjust suspicion