to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
The Door into Summer (1957 novel by Robert A. Heinlein)
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of