to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
(written) appeal; circular; manifesto; encouragement; encouraging words; letter of encouragement
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
to outwit; to get the better of; to leave (an opponent) dumbfounded; (lit.) to expose (someone's) nose
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to become fraught with emotion
escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
prison guard; jailer; gaoler
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
irresistibly; suddenly; to be turned on; to be horny
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
admission (to a society, club, etc.); joining; entrance; enrollment; enrolment; becoming a member
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
official in charge; person in charge
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
theatre; theater; playhouse
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action