to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
plump; chubby; voluptuous
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
Mesopotamian civilization (civilisation)
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
having no money; lack of money
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
tank (of liquid); tank (military vehicle)
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
bold; daring; unflappable
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
(how) many times; (how) often
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
bank; weir; embankment; levee