taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
interruption; suspension; break
route; way; course; directions
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
narrow; thin (sized); slender
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
point in common; common feature
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
empirical; from experience
tactician; strategist; master swordsman
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things