to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
schedule; program; programme; agenda
pressure; oppression; suppression
local downpour; severe rain fall
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to lose one's way; to get lost
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to arrive home; to return
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
unveiling a Buddhist image; public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden; opening a gambling house; holding a gambling party
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth