babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
too much; excessively; too
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
head over heels; headlong; head first
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)