average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
jutting out (of bounds); being crowded out
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
blow-drying; blow; punch; brow; blow; playing an instrument (esp. in jazz)
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
performing a surgical operation
sign of remorse; indication of regret
all one has; all one's possessions
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
great swordsman; master fencer
operating room; operating theatre
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
directly under; falling perpendicularly
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
to be torn off; to come off
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
at a stroke; with a single swoop
white; correction fluid; white-out
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease