bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to bail out (water); to scoop out
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
every year; yearly; annually
home area; home town; local
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
polish; improvement; burnishing
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
to take back; to recapture
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves