to defend oneself; to protect oneself
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
one's last journey; the journey to the other world; death
redial; redialing; redialling
handbrake; parking brake; emergency brake
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
ditch next to railway track
optimism; taking an optimistic view
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
shoulder (of a road); berm
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
(turned out) all right in the end
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse
first of all; first thing
to feel indebted (to); to feel grateful; to be much obliged
putting into operation; invocation
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable
to hug; to clasp to one's breast
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
missing someone; loathing to part