freeze frame; stop motion
to lose one's footing; to slip
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
selection condition; selection conditions
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
product; produce; result; fruit
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
serious error; gross mistake
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to subsist; to keep on living
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
summer vacation; summer holiday
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
form; shape; figure; visage
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
getting back together; being reconciled; returning to normal