thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
crayfish (esp. the Japanese crayfish or red swamp crayfish); crawfish
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to kill; to choke the life out of
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
living thing; living creature; animal; life
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to strangle; to constrict
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to put one's strength into
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
already; now; no longer; not any more
independence; self-reliance
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)