securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
contents (of a container, stomach, etc.); things inside
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to rock; to shake; to swing
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
any more; any further; any better; any longer
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
one of these days; someday; one day
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)