restless; fidgety; in a hurry
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
bluff; false show of power; bold front
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
text; provisions (act, treaty)
breakdown of negotiations
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
courageous but doomed resistance
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.); seizure; plunder
separate; scattered; apart
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
passing through; through passage
caller; visitor; company; guest
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
bright red; crimson lotus flower
one's native country; land of one's birth
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy