timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
in accordance with; according to
flour; meal; powder; dust
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to mix; to blend; to combine
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
cold brew (coffee, tea, etc.); infusing in cold water
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
two colours; two varieties; two types
pound (unit of weight); pound (currency); pound sterling
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
alternately; by turns; one after the other
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
useless; vain; aimless; idle
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary