lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to kick (at someone, something)
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
high window; clerestory window
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
to jump upon (a moving object)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
upper end; top; tip; top edge
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
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
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to pile up; to accumulate
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
to add (to); to add on; to append
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
in proportion to; just as much as
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
way out; means to escape; escape route
to extend; to expand; to spread out
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")