confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
bento; Japanese box lunch
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
image; figure; figure; form; image
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
nether region; between the legs; groin; crotch
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to go past; to pass; to pass by
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve