single word; a few words; brief comment
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to say (something) over one's shoulder
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to become settled; to be fixed
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
art of self-defense (defence)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away