corridor; hallway; passageway
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
retreating figure; appearance from behind
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
courting; wooing; making advances
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
large amount of money; great cost
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)