a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to subsist; to keep on living
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to let out a cry; to shout
manipulation of information; spin
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
second marriage; remarriage
child from previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
schedule; program; programme; itinerary
ability; performance; efficiency
to put on airs; to assume importance
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
word game; wordplay; playing with words
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
non-standard product; non-standard goods
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign