to pry; to prize; to prise
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to tumble down; to roll down
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
to burst (open); to break; to split
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
work; business; company; study
technique; art; skill; move
healthy; sound; wholesome
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
things at hand; personal belongings
cave; cavern; den; grotto
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
superstition; superstitious belief
use; utilization; utilisation; application
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
fourth day of the month; four days
three cheers; three chants; singing three times
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of