grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
by sheer strength; by brute force
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
to sink (into); to get depressed
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
feeling keenly; fully realizing
if it is (the case that ...)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
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 firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to sprout; to spring up; to come out
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid