reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
blast it!; bloody hell!; by thunder!; you bastard!; god damn you!; motherfucker!
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
irresponsible; blithe; heedless; devil-may-care; sloppy; slipshod
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
quest (esp. in role-playing games)
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received; closed won
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
branch office; police box; local police station
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
outline; summary; gist; basic points
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
to redeem (from sin); to save
dullard; indecisive person
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to force someone out of the ring
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
teacher's desk; teacher's lectern
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
to hold two or more positions concurrently; to do different work concurrently
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)