to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to provide; to arrange; to install
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
be (that) as it may; having said that
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
acceleration; speeding up
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
to get angry; to lose one's temper
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
without trouble; easily; readily
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
moment; brief space of time
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to writhe (in pain); to squirm; to wriggle