guess; speculation; supposition
welcome!; nice to see you!
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
last ray of hope; only hope
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; impetigo contagiosa
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
one cause; one reason; one factor
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
many; numerous; various; large number of
combination; union; binding; bond
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
standing firm; holding out
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)