what with this and that; for a number of reasons
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to make an appearance; to show up
hello; good day; good afternoon
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
piece; fragment; one (object)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
stopping functioning; being out of service
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard