two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
carnivore; carnivorous animal
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
to hand (over); to deliver in person
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to speak; to say; to vocalize
posture; position; stance
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
to squeeze out; to wring out
to become used to calling (someone by a certain name)
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
incoming call history; log of incoming calls
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.