it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
measurement error; calculation error
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
final adjustment; final coordination
to set one's sights on; to take aim (at); to have one's mind on
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
outer space; void of space
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
film released direct-to-video
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
squeak; cheep; slurp; sucking noisily; mouse
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
large number (of); many; majority
complete recovery; healing
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern