rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor
tension; mental strain; nervousness
hello; good day; good afternoon
sorry; excuse me; thank you
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
such; like that; that sort of; very
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
patterns of thinking; train of thought
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
consecutive victories; series of victories
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
if you think about it; come to think of it
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly