just managing; with great difficulty
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
mockery; derision; ridicule
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
high brow; broad forehead
to rage; to fly into a rage; to become furious
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut
to summon courage; to be brave
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to fly around; to scatter
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to cause laughter; to extract a smile
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
pieces; scraps; disconnected
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink