to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
number; number plate; license plate
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to speak through the nose; to nasalize
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
in person; personally; directly
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
last ray of hope; only hope
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
extremely; terrifically; super
one end; an end; part; fragment
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
critical point (temperature)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to concentrate one's effort (on something)