standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
departure (from a base); takeoff; launch; starting (to move; of a car); start; moving off
first meeting; first interview with
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
entreaty; appeal; petition
ill will; malice; evil intent
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
(item of) equipment; accessories (bike, auto)
to be relieved; to feel relieved
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to shake off; to throw off
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.); to fall hard; to fall heavily; to pour down
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
road approaching a shrine
to ascend; to go up; to climb
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to make a living; to earn a livelihood
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
to become muddy; to become slushy
it's been a long time; long time no see
to be perturbed; to be agitated
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt