to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
to count on one's fingers
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
draw (in competition); tie game
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
that; the matter in question
preface; introduction; preamble
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
use; utilization; utilisation; application
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
splinters of glass; glass shards
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
abnormal termination (e.g. of a program); ABnormal END; ABEND