to be thrilled; to be excited
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
unsafe; insecure; careless; dangerous; incautious; imprudent
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
safety administration; safety control; safety management
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
aphrodisiac; love potion; philter
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
the more one looks (at it) the more ...
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
unmeasurable; impossible to measure
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
secret; private; surreptitious
restive horse; runaway horse; out of control horse
ectogenesis; outside the body
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person
excess; surplus; superabundance
illness; condition; -pathy
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)