How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to be contrary to one's expectations
meanwhile; in the meantime
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
chastity; virtue; fidelity
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
putting life into; animating; cheering up
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
faintly; dimly; slightly; barely
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
a glance; a look; a glimpse
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
change; alteration; modification
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
stubborn person; obstinate person; pig-headed person
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best