crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
to throw away; to abandon
patterns of thinking; train of thought
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
long; drawn-out; very long
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
unqualified; without qualifications
chance (of success); odds
strongest ever; most powerful in history
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
finish; finishing; finishing touches
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
author; writer; novelist; artist
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
illusion; fallacy; delusion
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
unusual space; other dimension
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
series of battles; successive battles
to squeeze out; to wring out
to look around; to look towards (us)
to cut; to slit; to cut open
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
pregnancy; conception; gestation
to have a long life; to live a long time
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop