Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
quarrel; dispute; argument
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
by myself; in person; by oneself
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond (shape)
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
valley; ravine; cleavage (of breasts); part or place that has been left behind; blind spot
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
to fan; to incite; to instigate
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of