only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
condensed milk; Soviet Union
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
labor; labour; toil; hardship
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
any more; any further; any better; any longer
offensive (movement); aggression
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
order; sequence; procedure
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
that's the way it is; such is life
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
charcoal; charred remains
too much; excessively; too
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique