to have a short turning radius (e.g. car); to be adaptable; to be quick to respond to shifting circumstances
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
success or failure; outcome; result
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
internal conditions; true state of affairs
the masses; the lower classes; the common people
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
virtue; charm; merit; good point
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
person who has rendered distinguished service
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
meditation; contemplation
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
to be attacked by a disease
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical