hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
rotary wing (aircraft); rotor
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to speak; to say; to vocalize
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
to grow hoarse; to become husky
betting ticket with a payout of at least 100 times
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
(top) half naked; naked above the waist
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
use; utilization; utilisation; application