incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shuuto (type of pitch commonly used in Japan); shootball; shoot (of a tree or plant); chute
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
moment to quit; way to quit
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
to provide; to arrange; to install
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
dumb-ass; person lacking common sense or basic knowledge; delinquent; violent person; rough-looking person
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
the last moment; the very end
in another league; on a totally different level
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)