it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
synchronization; synchronized swimming
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
way; method; means; resource; course
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
being off guard; being defenseless
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
low kick (e.g. in fighting)
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
hand used like a sword in striking
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
already; now; no longer; not any more
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
later on; eventually; afterwards
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
to become clear; to be made public
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)