sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
forcibly; by force; against one's will
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
impulse buying; impulse purchase
electronization; digitization; computerization
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
real experience; actual observations
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
Marquis de Sade (1740-1814; French writer and libertine)
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
matter causing distress; something causing worry
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
still; even now; to this day
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
disease; illness; disorder; condition; ailment
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
after school (at the end of the day)