mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
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
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
relatively; comparatively
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
popular person; favorite; favourite
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
absorption; suction; attraction
ten; 10; ten years of age
study; learning; tutorial
lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
healthy; sound; wholesome
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
the gods of heaven and earth
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling