elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
dragon god; dragon king; naga
training; drill; practice; discipline
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
go that far; to that extent
after that; afterwards; thereafter
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
in succession; one by one
eating quickly; speed-eating
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
popular person; favorite; favourite
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
every person; each one; everybody
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
homecoming; return to one's home
memories; recollections; reminiscence