meal set before one; women's advances
to express in a roundabout way
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
piling shame on top of shame
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
second day of the month; two days
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)
to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
basis for decision; evidence for judging
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
convenient; handy; useful
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place