first generation; founder
Pleiades (in Greek mythology); Pleiades; the Seven Sisters
lasting (e.g. work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded; verbose; wordy
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
goodbye; farewell; so long
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
not budging an inch; to stand one's ground
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
background reflections (e.g. on a window); reflected glare
either way; in any case; one way or another
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
joint together; opposite; facing
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
bribe; money under the table
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to regurgitate; to vomit; to throw up
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
while studying; presently studying
bell pepper (esp. green); green pepper; sweet pepper; capsicum
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
to happen to pass by; to pass by
to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
to open up a lead (over one's opponent)
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
undeserved honor (honour); too great an honour
complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling