cartoon-character costume
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
great laughter; burst of laughter
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
big problem; major issue; big controversy
to be thrilled; to be excited
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
east, west, south and north
being empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight); being penniless
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)
self-control; self-restraint
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
out of control; uncontrollable
prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
inside a plane; in-flight
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
in proportion to; according to; depending on
staying at home all day (without employment); (lit.) guarding one's home
for peace of mind; for conscience' sake; by way of consolation
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
education; training; discipline
open; public; official; overt
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
to go on a fool's errand; to go in vain
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
wall material; wall-finishing material; wallplate (e.g. in a mine)
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing; making a takeoff run
tapestry; wall hanging; banner
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows); fascicle