to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
otherwise; or else; if not
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
ominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being lives; uninhabited area
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to express (in words); to confess
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
self-discipline; self-improvement
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
to be able to ...; can ...; to get; to acquire; to obtain
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
soft and fluffy (e.g. hair)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
this and that; one thing or another
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means