to get one's head around; to think about
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
competing; competition; auction
to be lost in thought; to be immersed in reverie
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery
close call; narrow escape
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
high power; high power output; explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force
body; physique; build; stature
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
to adjoin each other; to be beside one another
to brandish; to flourish; to wave; to swing; to shake at
to work without sleep or rest
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
striking with the back of the sword
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
stomach ache; abdominal pain
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot