to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
self-torturing; masochistic
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
alert status; emergency alert
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
suddenly; all of a sudden
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
bolting upright; rearing up (horse)
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
single word; a few words; brief comment
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
first meeting; first interview with
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
legend; folklore; tradition
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking