fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
such; like that; that sort of; very
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
I see; that's right; indeed
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
beginning; outset; first; onset
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
rancher; cattleman; person who owns or runs a ranch
it's probably so; it stands to reason
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
protest; refutation; pleading
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress