anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
the very best; excellent; superb
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan