to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
diplomatic negotiations; negotiations through diplomatic channels
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
programme; program; plans; arrangements
to jump at; to be attracted by
having a romantic interest; (lit.) having a pulse
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
beautiful woman; pretty girl; high-quality goods; special article
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to succeed; to bear fruit
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
most attractive feature (of a person)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)