requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
entreaty; supplication; petition
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
internal conditions; true state of affairs
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
curse; spell; malediction
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
principle; theory; fundamental truth
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
with a start; with a jump
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
for the first time in one's life
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh