(occurring) in a chain reaction; chain-like; sequential
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
women's language; word used by women
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
for the first time in one's life
free time; spare time; idle moment
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
to triumph; to be elated with success
to fight with swords; to cross swords
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
experiment; experimentation
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...