to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
please; please give me; please do for me
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
dull sound; muffled sound
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to attempt; to test; to try out
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
putting on the pressure; pushing forward; being pressed; being under pressure
deep voice; rich voice; full voice
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
even though; despite; when
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
tool; implement; means; furniture
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
form; shape; figure; visage
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with