boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
interrupting a game; time out
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
samurai; warrior; military family
high class; esteemed; cherished
petty (minor) official (derogatory term)
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
to prostrate oneself before
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
how many years; how long; what year
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
one eye; one of one's eyes
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to sweep clean; to brush clean
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
pannier (clothing); hoop skirt
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
progress; advance; improvement; development
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
in the end; at the end of the day
to make sense; to be meaningful
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
to boil something until it is done (e.g. vegetables)