to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
decision; determination; resolution
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to push aside; to brush aside
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
finishing blow; coup de grâce
manipulation of information; spin
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
tradition; legend; folklore
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
handsome man; actor in a love scene
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to like; to love; to be fond of
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to show up; to appear; to turn up