master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
physical condition; state of health; shape
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
here and there; in places
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
refined; elegant; graceful; classic
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; to be crazy about something
sick person; patient; invalid
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
control; check; restraint; inhibition
this is my chance; this is the (opportune) moment; here's an opportunity (that can't be passed up)
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning