judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
small household fly (e.g. fruit fly)
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
to fire (a gun) ceaselessly; to fire away; to blaze away; to fire volley after volley
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
such; like that; that sort of
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
split; division; break up
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to get strong; to gain strength
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly