interruption; interference; butting in
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
(physical) growth; development
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
(being) worth seeing; impressive
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
to be pretentious; to put on airs
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
smoked glass; tinted glass
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line