hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
suddenly; all of a sudden
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
(clenched) fist; knuckles
mechanism; organization; organisation
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
automatic; intransitive verb
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
putting into operation; invocation
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
top of the head; crown of the head
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy
adds force or indicates command
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
very strong person; brave warrior; veteran
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down