challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
dull sound; muffled sound
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
personal (employee); employed; retained
without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation
to twist (e.g. someone's arm); to wrench
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
spinning rapidly; turning quickly; fast-forward (VCR, etc.); scanning
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
moo (sound of a cow); moo-cow; moo-moo
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
systematic; regular; routine
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
one after another; in rapid succession
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to say; to tell; to state; to do
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
to hold (something) reverently with both hands
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand