morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
forward; forwarding (email); forwards; forward contract
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
black line; linea nigra; pregnancy line
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch
certainly; surely; definitely
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
person obsessed with thoughts of sex
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; MLB
training; education; development; cultivation
plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster-of-paris
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
binding tightly; tight binding; (sexual) bondage
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
explosion; rupture; break off
Ichirō; Suzuki Ichirō (baseball player) (1973.10.22-)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense