soldier; combatant; warrior
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
final; eventual; ultimate
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
one more time; once more; once again
attendance; presence; appearance
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
craft brings nothing home; (lit.) the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme
useless book learning; knowing the theory but not being able to put it into practice; (lit.) swim practice on a tatami mat
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
confinement to one's home; being made to stay at home
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)