to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
nature; property; disposition
way of speaking; intimation
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
even more; still more; further
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
no matter how much time passes
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
in the meanwhile; during the time
stealthily; secretly; in secret
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
dealing with; coping with
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)