to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...
letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
cooking; food preparation
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
that is to say; so that means
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
wish; desire; ambition; choice
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to erase all trace of something
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to be intimate with; to befriend
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
resonance; sympathetic vibration
meditation; contemplation
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously