to jar; to creak; to grate
earnestly; immediately; exactly
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
falling asleep easily; finding it easy to fall asleep
cleavage (between breasts)
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
chopping board; cutting board
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
chance of precipitation; chance of rain
indoor drying; hanging clothes to dry indoors
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
microorganisms; saprophyte; saprophytic bacteria
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)