to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
seeing off and meeting on return
sad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenance
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
heartstrings; koto string
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
minimum; at the very least
decorum; propriety; politeness
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
urgency; exigency; emergency
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
to rebuild; to reconstruct
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
hemoptysis; coughing up blood; lung hemorrhage (haemorrhage)
rotten smell; putrid odor
using every trick in the book; using every trick one knows; by one rouse or another; with careful coaxing; carefully (e.g. nursing a damaged vehicle)
accumulation; accumulate; store
to cross the line; to go too far
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to tumble down; to roll down
slope; slanting surface; bevel
to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
to die out; to become extinct
to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create