to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
income; receipts; revenue
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
negotiations; discussions; connection
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
at once; immediately; right now
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
boy; son; baby boy; young man
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
flight; desertion; escape
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
hostility; animosity; enmity
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
serious wound; serious injury
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
back street; back alley; off-street
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt