hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
near; close by; within reach; familiar
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
to say no more; to sink into silence
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
apparent; obvious; very clear
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
speculation; thinking; meditation
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to happen to meet; to come across
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)