crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
diving; submerging; going underwater
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to comfort; to console; to amuse
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
hey there; I say; see here
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
person concerned; interested party; related party
presumption; assumption; estimation
IQ; intelligence quotient
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
super technology; technology beyond our current capabilities, mainly in science fiction
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
doubt; suspicion; hesitation; indecision
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
principle of laissez-faire
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
to blame; to find fault with
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)