unfinished (letter, text, etc.); drafted (e.g. manuscript); half-written; partially finished
technical skill; ability; capacity
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
early stages (of a game); opening phase
pressure; oppression; suppression
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
mid-season crops; mid-season rice; mid-season vegetables; metacarpus
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
iron hammer; crushing blow
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
passage; path; route; one's way
to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower
tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
rightly; properly; moderately
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to whine; to make feeble complaints