to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
adds force or indicates command
honorific/polite/humble prefix
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
than; from; out of; except; but; more
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
thickly painted; thickly lacquered; impasto
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
door; gate; opening; title page