increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
largest ever; biggest; record
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
ice cream soda; icecream soda
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
fast-talking; rapid talking
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst