military shoes; combat boots
fully armed; armed to the teeth
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
gills; branchia; angle of the mandible; gonial angle
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
surely; certainly; without doubt
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
enumeration; citation; listing
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
at the last moment; this late in the game
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
nape (of the neck); nucha