meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to pitch forward; to fall forward
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
slight; little; insignificant
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
clearly; distinctly; vividly
without; but if; otherwise; or else
piling up; multiple layers
to be exhausted; to be worn out
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
to push back; to press back; to force back
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
exceptional item; extraordinary product
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to flare up; to burst into flames
with a creak; with a squeak; (packing) tightly; with a squeeze; relentlessly (criticize, complain, etc.); severely
separate; respective; different
the opposite direction; the other way
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh