figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
in turns; alternately; in order
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
from the viewpoint of; according to
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
troublesome; annoying; complicated
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
tingling; stinging; pungently
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
forcibly; against one's will
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap