specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
handsome young man; Adonis
to check; to stop; to keep back
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
with a click (e.g. camera shutter); with a snap
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.); out of contention; out of reach
collapse; collapsing; death; bad debt
Gruidae (bird family comprising the cranes)
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)
high-grade sake; fine drink
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
to exile; to banish; to revise the wording of a phrase
bullying (the weak); bully
(mixture of) ground beef and pork
naturally; of course; understandably
amusement; fun; brief entertainment
looking depressed; long face
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
to play a central role; to take a leading part
minute adjustment; fine-tuning
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
to look happy; to look pleased; to make eyes (at someone); to ogle