attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
cowering; recoiling; overwhelmed
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; swallowing (a story); believing unquestioningly; accepting (a proposal, demand, etc.) unconditionally; accepting as-is
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
hair (on the head); (a) hair
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
very likely; very probable
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
both (people); the two of them
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
making no progress; getting nowhere; remaining unsettled
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)