cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
passion; temper; irritability
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
decapitated head of an enemy
to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
more than anything; above all else
high spirits; gleeful mood
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to drink up; to drain (cup)
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
surroundings; environs; circumference
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to think of; to come up with
having said that; on the other hand
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
acceleration; speeding up