to rank next to; to come after
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
discovery; detection; finding
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to look away; to turn away
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
counting the revenues and expenditures; counting the gains and losses
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs
180 degrees; complete change
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
with a snap; with a click (beep); shortly; briefly; small
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)