but; however; provided that
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
landing; alighting; touch down
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
to be sooty; to be stained
to shed light; to cast light
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
one thin flat object; one sheet
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why