taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
month-to-month basis; month-over-month
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
venomous snake; poisonous snake
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
straw skirt; grass skirt; traditionally worn by hunters and fishermen
to cease; to stop; to be over
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurd; nonsensical
strumming; thrumming; plunking; plonking
gun; pistol; ohajiki; traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic; repellence
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
in the earth; in the ground; underground
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
legendary beast; magical beast
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
rustling of leaves; rustling of grass
red horse; menstruation; fire; conflagration
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)