excited; enthusiastic; high-tensile (e.g. steel); high-voltage (e.g. circuit); high-tension (e.g. current)
to limp; to drag one's feet
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity
you could say; you might say; verging on the
on the occasion of; at the time of
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to pretend; to act (as if)
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
overwhelming; conquering; dominating; sweeping (the world); swaying
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; fixed period; scheduled period
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
high voltage; high tension
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
sealing hermetically; sealing (up)
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown; (lit.) in a grove
one-way mirror; two-way mirror
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
four-legged; four-footed; (four-legged) animal; beast
visual confirmation; sighting
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
moment to quit; way to quit
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
stereo (sound); stereo (player, set); stereo; stereophonic