knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
to rest one's chin in one's hands
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to knock down; to knock off
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
to boil with rage; to be infuriated
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
to some extent; to a certain extent
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
concentrated fire; intense criticism
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
leaving everything up to someone else
ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
to take command; to give direction
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
be on your guard; negligence is the enemy
to trample; to crush underfoot
counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); (arch.) counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback