to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
general idea; concept; notion
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
a.m.; before noon; ante meridiem; AM broadcasting; amplitude modulation
life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life
to come crashing down; to crumble to pieces; to collapse completely
now that you say that; now that you mention it
swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
raft; forearm guard (made of thin metal plates); skewered baby-eel kabayaki
going downstream (in a boat)
riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
(soldier's) cooking utensils; mess kit; outdoor (camping) cooking utensils
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
wide difference; a world of difference
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
trademark gag; trademark routine
quantity or volume of water
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
elegance; taste; refinement
fiercely fought contest; close game (match, race, etc.); dead heat
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to get one's head around; to think about
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
serious damage; heavy damage; being wrecked; thrashing (an opponent); crushing; giving a drubbing
hand-to-hand combat; fighting at close quarters; close combat
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood