audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
it is I who should say so
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor
cheap and low-quality play; performance not worth paying to see; transparent act; see-through scheming
to make (a thundering sound); to let resound; to make (one's name, etc.) widely known; to make (one's heart) pound; to throb
infant; baby; little child
to long (for); to yearn (for); to love ardently; to do eagerly; to do with restless anticipation
to slide into; to slip into
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
up until now; as recently as the present
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
to take away; to carry off
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions
center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens
powdered medicine; powder
to mix; to stir; to blend
miraculous medicine; miracle drug; wonder drug
window frame; window sill
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period