deterioration; becoming decrepit; becoming worn out
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
rebuilding; reconstruction; re-erection
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
chaps (in the skin); cracks
destruction; collapse; crumbling
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
format; procedure; way of proceeding
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion; 10^12
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
burden reduction; alleviation of a burden
unidentifiable; unidentified
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to dye; to colour; to color
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
expression; look; countenance; face
recovery; undoing; recall
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
subtext; implication; connotation; implicit meaning; between the lines
one large ...; a great ...
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
ridiculous; absurd; silly; laughable
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
person who has committed suicide
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys