to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
very stormy weather (at sea); very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
change of course (ship); steering in a different direction
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to be a matter of life or death
person with a bounty on their head
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
halo; hello; hallo; harrow
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in