reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
better than nothing; better than none at all
samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass); waiting (on a siding) to let another train pass
unanimity; unanimous consent; unanimous agreement
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
organic; organic chemistry; organic compound
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
introduced species; non-native species; alien species
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
mixed race; mixed parentage
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)
cutting in line; queue jumping
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
heavy sweating; a great deal of sweat