bluff; false show of power; bold front
visibility; noticeability; perceptibility
mouth with a protruding lower lip and jaw; socket; receiving window; slot
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
with a clink (click, clack)
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
attaching and detaching; putting on and removing
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
travelling alone; solitary journey
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
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
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
self-deprecating; self-mocking
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
another day; the next day
hook-and-loop fastener (e.g. Velcro)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)