crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
short pause; short interval
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
strict; stern; rigorous; severe
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
slope; slanting surface; bevel
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to chase; to run after; to pursue
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to be manageable; to be able to handle
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
for the present; for the time being
opposite bank; farther shore