start; beginning; first step; clue
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
counter for buildings, roofs, tents, etc.
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
cake or snack served with tea
as usual; as is one's habit
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
abuse; misuse; perversion
person who avoids others; social outcast
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to elucidate; to shed light on; to clarify
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
about; concerning; related to; -ish