female high-school student
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
the same as something was reputed to be
to become an expert; to be master at
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
cooperation; coordination; link
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
to laugh (suddenly); to begin to laugh; to be made to laugh
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
posture; position; pose; attitude
to bend; to warp; to curve
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
regardless of; irrespective of; without distinction of; no matter (how, what, when, etc.)
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
pull; patronage; tug; discount
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
deceiving; cheating; fooling
unanticipated; unexpected
suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense
hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to speak one's mind; to speak very frankly
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition