between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
lord of a manor; estate steward
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
street survey; opinion poll performed on street; on-street questionnaire
Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
sudden impulse; passing fancy
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to appease; to suppress; to calm
bergamot (Citrus aurantium ssp. bergamia); bergamot orange; bergamot (Monarda didyma); bee balm; Oswego tea
perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent
to buy again; to buy anew
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
to sleep in peace; to sleep without fear