polite; respectful; reverent
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
rare; uncommon; not often seen
to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
busy; having no time (for)
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
boasting of one's strength
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
on bad terms; at loggerheads
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
to return evil for good; to return a favor with spite
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to fall ill; to be taken ill
with no ill feeling; openly; without reserve
like a part of the family
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will
same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
family-centered sitcom; TV drama of family life; soap opera
succession struggle; succession race
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
outsider; someone outside of a group
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
incremental difference (e.g. between files); diff; difference; subtraction; (finite) differences
stopping functioning; being out of service
becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)