inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to complete decisively; to do to completion
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to stare back (at); to glare back
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another
meal set before one; women's advances
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
naked dance; dancing naked; striptease; strip show
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
third time lucky; third time's the charm
person standing watch; guard duty
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
excited condition; excited state
to take a step backward; to retreat a step
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore