sudden impulse; passing fancy
to jar; to creak; to grate
burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
slightly early; just before
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
(appearing, occurring) one after another
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
prospects of victory; chances of success
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
comma; decimal point; radix point
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands