(academic) excellence; superiority; honors (e.g. graduating with); cum laude
worst; poor and boring; uncool
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
(political) power; authority; influence
financial power; financial means; wealth
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
children's house; child welfare residential facility
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to be erected; to be built
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
water temperature (esp. bath)
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to act self-importantly; to be arrogant; to be high-handed; to puff up
a little bit; a little while
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
I don't want to boast but
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
elevated (structure); overhead
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
snake; serpent; large snake
cold room; refrigerated room; cold compartment (e.g. of a refrigerator)
telephone booth; telephone box
oil lighter (for cigarettes); kerosene lighter
Western music; European music
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
fax; facsimile; fax machine
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised