on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
man; male; masculine gender
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
higher rank; better position
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
succession; continuation; series; sequence
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
indicate reason; infers some protest
good material; valuable data; positive factor (for the stock market); good news
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo