sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
assertion; declaration; affirmation
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
comma; decimal point; radix point
second (unit of time); arc second
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
beyond that point; after that
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
tuning (an instrument); temperament
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain