broker; middleman; employment agency
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to check; to stop; to keep back
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
(not) so much; (not) that much
how dare ...; how could ...
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
state of mind; (one's) mental state
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed
archery; mapping; map; morphism
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
on board a ship; aboard a ship
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on