shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
break in time; interruption; pause
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
to pile up; to accumulate
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
main cause; primary factor
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
thought; idea; conception
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
battlefield; battleground
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade