to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
elastic; flexible; telescoping; expandable; retractable; extensible
fixed content; settled matter; done deal
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
counterattack; reversal technique
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
to bring back; to restore
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
puddle of blood; pool of blood
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG
to disappear (gradually); to be vanishing; to fade away; to go out of sight; to die out
to warm (up); to heat (up)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
lifting a curse; breaking a spell; disenchantment
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to hide; to conceal oneself
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
extinction; annihilation; destruction
female vampire; vampiress