jumping to a wrong conclusion
to get angry; to lose one's temper
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
taking; accepting; receipt; leaving; departure; withdrawal
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
to knock down; to knock out
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
to talk casually; to use one's peer language (to others)
casual speech; peer language; informal language
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
whining (to get one's way); tantrum
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
somewhat strong; fairly strong; fairly firm
to threaten; to make threats
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
acting up to one's words; consistency between speech and action