securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to talk; to chat; to chatter
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
in comparison to; rather than
fall; drop; descent; coming down
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
base stealing; steal; stolen base
if so; in that case; in that situation
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
duty; function; office; mission; task
accomplishment; execution
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to be helpful; to be useful
blow; shock; strike; batting
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to put on airs; to assume importance
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify