crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
influential person; man of importance
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
tone of voice (e.g. in a sweet tone); timbre
bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
record keeper; recorder; archivist
to call a person's attention (to)
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
consequently; as a result
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
with a splash; with a splosh; with a click (of a camera shutter); with a snap
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth
moderate; proper; just right
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar