duff (golf); sclaff; hitting the ground behind the ball during a stroke; duff (e.g. plum)
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
rate of increase (e.g. prices); rate of climb (e.g. aircraft)
to strip; to peel; to tear off
spirit power; magical power
in company; among people; philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
nine; team; players on a team; no
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
we have a result!; game over!; match!
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
skin; outer skin; integument; husk; hull; shell
to be annoying; to be troublesome
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
gene; fanzine; zine; jeans
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
huge; enormous; great big
to work without sleep or rest
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
effect; result; worth; use; avail
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
unexpectedly; surprisingly
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
only recently; just of late
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
pulsation; pulsatory motion
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to torment; to harass; to tease
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread