elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
separation; farewell; parting
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
like this; this sort; this way
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
dregs; lees; grounds; sediment
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
men's things; menswear; men's wear; men's; for men
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to stop (plug) one's ears
to cut corners; to be shoddy
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to knock down; to knock off
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
to set aside one's interests
innocent; not guilty; harmless
adherent; devotee; believer
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
breastplate; chest protector; bib
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to smash; to break into pieces
covering; protection; backing; relief
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
more than anything; above all else
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
accessory; fittings; appurtenances
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)