Chinese-style stir-fry containing green peppers and meat; pepper steak (US)
not at all tense; relaxed; calm
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
like that; that way; thus
before ... days (months, etc.)
bolting upright; rearing up (horse)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
emotional strength; force of will
avoiding or dodging responsibility
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
it hasn't been long since
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
the whole day; all the day
repair work; renovation work; restoration work
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
stay of execution; suspended sentence
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
reinforcement; strengthening
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to become scared; to have an attack of nerves; to have a yellow streak; to chicken out; to run out of courage
just the other day; quite recently