to sob; to be choked with tears
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to be worried; to be troubled
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
chances of winning (a bet); odds
profiting while others fight
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
touching; moving; painful
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
joint together; opposite; facing
finger; hands and fingers; hands
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
elopement; running away with a lover
process; course; mechanism
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
unveiling; debut; introduction
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support