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His speech had more and more power as it went along.
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Vocabulary list

hanashi
noun
  1. talk; speech; chat; conversation
  2. topic; subject
  3. discussions; negotiation; argument
  4. rumor; talk; hearsay
  5. tale; story; fable
  6. circumstances; particulars
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
susumu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to advance; to go forward
  2. to precede; to go ahead (of)
  3. to make progress; to improve
  4. to deepen; to heighten
  5. to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead
  6. to do of one's own free will
nitsure
expression, conjunction
  1. as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to (as XにつれY)
kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
benzetsu
noun
  1. speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
masumasu
adverb
  1. increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
saeru
saeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

saeta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp
  2. to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake
  3. to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful (often as 冴えない)
  4. to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute
  5. to be satisfying (often as 冴えない)
  6. to become frigid; to become intensely cold (original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned)

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