boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
to lose one's footing; to slip
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
recognition; acquaintance
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
wide-width (e.g. cloth); broad
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
influence; clout; leverage
just one person; only one
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
millions; several million; a few million