fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
comparatively; quite; rather
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
out on a third-base liner
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
useful thing; usable article
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
overflow; abundance; exuberance
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
far away in the distance; in the far distance
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
goodbye; farewell; so long
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
stepping back; drawing back
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
based on; on the basis of
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
record high; all-time high
to put one's hand on; to touch
bar set in a horizontal position; horizontal bar
to thrust down; to push off
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
amount of money; sum of money