to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to turn up (one's face or a card)
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
with all one's strength; with all one's might
madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...