expectation; anticipation; forecast
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
that is to say; so that means
without; but if; otherwise; or else
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
unfortunately; regrettably
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to begin to walk; to set out
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
innocent; cherubic; childlike
four (long cylindrical things)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)