to lose one's footing; to slip
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
extensive; vast range; wide scope
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present situation
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
ending up right back where one started
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
delay; putting off; procrastination
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
high spirits; boastful talk
dispersal; scattering; discrete
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
overflow; abundance; exuberance
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
to rage; to run amok (amuck); to tear around
chin; jaw; gills; branchia
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
five (long cylindrical things)
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
standing tall; towering; soaring
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
one's own child; one's own children
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence