flash (of light); glint; schiller
shiatsu; acupressure; form of Japanese finger-pressure therapy
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
such ... as; or some such
curse; spell; malediction
driving; pounding in; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into; step recording (in electronic or computer music)
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
two times; twice; two degrees
to repeat; to do something over again
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
registration; accession; register; entry; record
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
personality; character; individuality; personhood
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
never mind!; don't worry about it
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
no matter how much time passes
difficult to ...; hard to ...
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself