too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
long-awaited; much-awaited
to be dead; to be lifeless
to be embarrassed; to lose face
continuing to pitch; staying at one's post; staying on at work
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
baton (of command); order; command; direction
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
noisy; confused; uproarious
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
running out of gasoline (petrol)
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
elegant; graceful; refined
of tender years; very young
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
to harm; to cause harm to
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
standing up (without any support); standing
fluent (in a language); flowing
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
how much; how many; to what extent
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback