to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
expressing one's mind; speaking out
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
right and wrong; good and evil
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to be in focus; to come into focus
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed
vice; immorality; corruption
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva