to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
one's post; place of work; workplace
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
reality; actuality; hard fact
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
tone (of voice); manner of talking
personage; person (deserving of respect)
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
to talk (a person) down; to confute
rating; classification; allocation; grading
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
if so; in that case; in that situation
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled