to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
with a snap; with a crack
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
genuine; authentic; true; real
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
Pearce; Peirce; Peerce; Pierce
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
when it comes to; concerning
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam