district; section; sector
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
quietly; slowly; gracefully
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to relax; to feel at home
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
sound of the expulsion of soft matter mixed with water; diarrhea, etc. sounds; watery
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
to become misty; to become hazy
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)