good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
long (time that has passed); old (story)
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to steal; to shoplift; to play pachinko
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
flight; desertion; escape
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
beginning; clue; starting point
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to become frayed; to become loose
to project; to stick out; to stand out
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
string instrument; stringed instrument
outsider; layman; amateur
outside of one's area of expertise