apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
attentive to detail; meticulous in one's work
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
true character; real nature
chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
belatedly; though a little too late
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
(feeling of) indigestion; upset stomach
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire