ability; performance; efficiency
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
risky; dangerous; insecure
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
way out; means to escape; escape route
many; much; plenty; hardly
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
questions and answers; dialogue
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to put one's life on the line
honor; honour; credit; prestige
long military service; having experienced many battles
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing