tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to backfire; to have a harmful result
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat
oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
it's not like; it isn't as if
to become calm; to die down
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
foundation stone; cornerstone
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
to cause a commotion; to create a big stir; (lit.) to invoke a storm
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
formal; regular; valid; categorical
hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
strategy meeting; council of war
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
knockoff; counterfeit goods
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
with a clashing or clanging sound