(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
scolding; telling-off; talking-to; dressing-down
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
genuine article; real thing; real deal
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
abdomen; stomach; lower parts; under parts
with a flop; flump; plump
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
sea monster; green turtle
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
side or bottom of a ship; ship's hold; bottoms; shipping; tonnage; freight space
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
explosive; blasting powder