composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to shake off; to throw off
inchworm; measuring worm; looper (caterpillar)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
great joy; delight; jubilation
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
condition; state (of health); appearance
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
just managing; with great difficulty
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
sentiment; sentimentality