direct connection; direct link
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
wet and glistening; slimy; slippery
in succession; one after another
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to show up; to appear; to turn up
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
special training; intensive training; crash course
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum); Mexican salamander; Mexican walking fish
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
half and half; fifty-fifty