getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
trouble; quarrel; dispute
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
to say; to be pleased to say
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
to mix; to stir; to blend
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
-less; lacking; non-existing
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
to look down over; to look down on
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
sense of touch; sense of being touched; tactile sense
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
reservoir; water-storage facility
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp