noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
surrounding at a distance
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
interference; meddling; butting in
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
self-defense; self-defence
these guys; these fellows
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
probatio diabolica; devil's proof
hey there; I say; see here
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
and; thereupon; because of that
to apologize sincerely; to apologise sincerely
handrail; railing; banister
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied
by sheer strength; by brute force
at once; immediately; right now
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
(right at the) side; just beside
to jump up and down; to hop
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion