to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
sleeping pill; sleep medication
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
baggage claim tag (at hotels, stations, etc.)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
(someone else's) child; child; kid
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
be on your guard!; take care!
to pay attention; to be watchful
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
in the future; another day; later
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
witnessing; observing; sighting