sick person; patient; invalid
entreaty; supplication; petition
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
evident; plain; distinct; clear
to overdo; to do too much
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
appearance; figure; shape; form
to provide; to arrange; to install
mechanism; organization; organisation
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
(arch.) all together in a line; (arch.) all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; overdressed for the occasion
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
safety zone; traffic island
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
(one acting as a) foster parent
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
to peer into the darkness
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
the whole area; all areas