underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
brat; kid; urchin; little devil
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
1,000,000; one million; million; many
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
to examine someone's expression
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
right in the center (centre)
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
history of a nation; Japanese history
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
bet; wager; stake; gamble
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
in the face of; in defiance of
dozens; scores of; decades
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
absorption; suction; attraction
mechanism; organization; organisation
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say