blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
moment by moment; hour by hour
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
large-scale maneuvers; large-scale manoeuvres; war games
war; fighting; fierce competition
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
victim; injured party; sufferer
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable
messenger; envoy; emissary
to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
corruption prevention; antisepsis; antiseptic
to ventilate; to let fresh air in
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
metallicity; metal abundance
to write down or convey in full
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby