serves you right!; see what happens!
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to triumph; to be elated with success
fighting spirit (in sport); tenacity
rebirth; new birth; nascent
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
work; business; company; study
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
self-consciousness; self-awareness
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly