being on the ropes; losing ground
choice; selection; option
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust someone's civility; to give up (on someone)
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
(a) Buddha; deceased person
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending; close
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
that's true; of course; obviously