to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
unanticipated; unexpected
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
to knock down; to bring down
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
successive generations; successive emperors
too (much); overly; excessively
pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out; forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators); overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening
main cause; primary factor
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
by myself; in person; by oneself
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
it is I who should say so
competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to put into the mouth; to eat
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)