Carmen (novel by Prosper Mérimée, opera by Georges Bizet)
advance; moving forward; progress
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
tail end; rear; tail; bottom
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
West Indies; Western India
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
manager; person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
Japanese style; Japanese fashion
lines of the palm (in palm reading); appearance of the palm of the hand
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
way (of doing); manner; method
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
form; shape; figure; morph
inner sanctum; inner temple; inner shrine; sanctuary; chancel
four corners; four ordinal directions
spine; vertebral column; spinal column; vertebra
to pile up; to accumulate
to speak; to hear a voice