mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
cesspool; sink; manure sink
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
with a bang; with a bam; with a wham
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
loose; immoral; dissolute; slovenly; untidy; messy
not permitting; not authorizing
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
dividing into four; quartering
one revolution; one rotation
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
francolin (partridge-like bird of genus Francolinus); (arch.) partridge (of genus Perdix)
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
six (long cylindrical things)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive