mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
to run down (stairs, etc.)
close call; narrow escape
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
to backfire; to have a harmful result
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
to affect; to impact; to influence
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to become frayed; to become loose
directions; instructions; orders; command
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
at the last moment; this late in the game
one more time; once more; once again
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
retrogression; regression
creak; squeak; creaking sound
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
to fall on one's backside
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to become completely chilled
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured