to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
finally; in the end; on top of all that
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
desperately; for one's dear life
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
true state; actual condition; reality
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
river; stream; River; the ... river
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
up until now; as recently as the present
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals