to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
break; pause; interruption; intermission
offense and defense; offence and defence
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to employ; to hire; to charter
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
I have nothing to do with it
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
partly open; in half bloom
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may