slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
smallish; on the small side
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
way one walks; one's walk
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
now that; since; so long as; because
to be damaged; to receive damage
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; (lit.) it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
to feel ashamed; to be abashed
desperation; struggle to the death
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
good-for-nothing; worthless
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
inconstant; unchastity; unprincipled
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
to examine; to check; to inspect
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance