acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
expected value; expectation value; expectation
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
manners; courtesy; etiquette
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up