a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
exquisite skill; wonderful performance
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
banquet or reception hall
Brahma (Hindu god); large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); down puff (on the end of an ear pick)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
pennant on a boat showing wind direction; weather vane; round roof tile (for gables); remiges; flight feathers
had better ...; had better not ...
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
will; testament; last request
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
to pick up; to find; to gather
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
outsider; someone outside of a group
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
person who tends to find things bothersome; person who doesn't like to make an effort
progress; advance; improvement; development
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!