merman; half man-half fish
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
right in the center (centre)
ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
vexing; irritating; impatient
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
pale; pallid; bluish-white
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
triangles (used in mechanical drawing); set square
these guys; these fellows
school rules; school regulations