to point upward; to look upward; to improve
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
elopement; running away with a lover
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
serious crime; grave crime
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
to be softened; to calm down
with all one's strength; with all one's might
serious look (on one's face); straight face
killing time; staving off boredom
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
male diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.); fisherman
swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
direct unforked road; straight path