persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
complete; whole; perfect; safe
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
how; in what way; by what means
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
hiding one's embarrassment
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range
direct connection; direct link
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
deck cargo; upper layer of goods; extra; to pile on top of
directionality; directivity
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion