nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
good policy; wise policy; best plan
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
total blockage; complete shutdown; stopping completely; shutout
to reveal one's true intentions; to show one's cards
violent explosion; bursting
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
diversion; putting something to another use
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
mass; quality and quantity
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
crying face; face of a person who is crying
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
assessment of the situation; judging according to the situation
snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants
insurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property