to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
such; this sort of; like this
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
one thin flat object; one sheet
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
dismissal; sacking; discharge
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
culling; putting down; slaughtering; killing
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
forgetting; lapse of memory
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful